Population Health

The pandemic has shown the crucial role Internet access plays for telehealth, and for the overall health and wellbeing of a population, says CEO Tom Mihaljevic.

A new JAMIA study found that more than 6 million messages related to COVID-19 were sent using the Watson Assistant platform between March 30 and August 10 of this year.

A worldwide spear phishing effort, with bad actors impersonating biomedical researchers and targeting company execs, holds "potential hallmarks of nation-state tradecraft," according to a new security report from IBM Security X-Force.

A new study examined past vaccine uptake rates for flu and H1N1, and found that inoculation efforts fell short. The feds must help bridge that gap, "particularly for high-risk populations and communities of color," said former ONC chief David Blumenthal.

Healthcare organizations in Asia Pacific are looking to further leverage technology to improve healthcare systems and operations, as well as explore new models of care outside of hospital walls.

The pandemic has proven that it's possible to innovate quickly in the face of crisis. Now it's time to keep that momentum going.  

The final closing keynote of the HIMSS & Health 2.0 saw top-level international health leaders highlight key elements of their national strategies in response to COVID-19.

The international quality standard demonstrates the use of technology, data and analytics to support inpatient care. 

Jonathan Weiner, professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, details the data fundamentals that are necessary for effective AI and machine learning algorithms.