Population Health

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By partnering with Meharry Medical College, the cloud giant says it aims to enhance community care and wellness in Middle Tennessee with AI and clinical applications, spark health innovation and cultivate workforce skills.

This can include mentorship and support for local communities, work to improve health equity at the state level and much more, says Marjorie Rosen, vice chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Task Force.

The group expects support for virtual care to continue after the 2024 election, but urges action as soon as possible to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities past the end of the year.

It will likely adopt the standards of Chinese insurer Ping An for its online family doctor contract service.

The guidance aims to help countries move toward healthcare digitization through a person-centered point of service system.

In discussing social determinants of health data utilization, Dr. Hilary Hatch, chief clinical officer at Phreesia, describes how analytics and patient engagement tools are streamlining workflows and helping providers respond to more patients in need.

The expectation is for a new Congress to create policy around AI and cybersecurity, says Tom Leary of HIMSS.

Everett Wilson, healthcare regulatory attorney with Polsinelli, says benefit increases to MA, piled onto increased consumer expectations, are squeezing insurers' bottom lines, and that affects providers with risk-based arrangements in particular.

This is part of an ongoing project to replace paper-based chemotherapy prescribing across South Australia.