Population Health
Proponents want Medicaid and private insurers to extend coverage for one year postpartum.
The benefits of social distancing policies will outweigh the economic costs by $5.2 trillion, economists find.
The action is being taken to rapidly expand COVID-19 testing, particularly for those with Medicare and in nursing homes.
The population health initiative for Medicare Advantage members is a personal check-in on health and well-being and any food, housing or transportation issues.
The five new ventilator contracts are expected to ramp up production, while immunotherapy development could help in coronavirus treatment.
The guidance is meant to remove financial barriers for receiving coronavirus tests and health services, and to encourage antibody testing.
The challenge of population health is the ability to integrate and share the data for health systems to act upon the information.
A new program led by a team at MIT searches for ideas to fight COVID-19 via hackathons and virtual events.
At the Maine Rural Health Research Center, the goal is to help critical access hospitals find innovative and cost-effective ways to build healthier communities.
Buoy Health CEO Dr. Andrew Le explains how chatbots can help free up the health systems and get patients information in their home during the COVID-19 pandemic.