Population Health

Varsha Rao, CEO of Nurx, talks about the trends in women's health that are propelling telemedicine into the new year.

This week's top stories include President Biden appointing new coronavirus czar Jeffrey Zients as head of the White House's COVID-19 response team and Micky Tripathi as head of National Coordinator for Health IT.

Sarah Jones, VP at Best Buy Health, shares her thoughts about the future of telehealth, senior care and the regulatory space.

Jim Rogers, president of HealthConnect Networks and Mission Broadband, discusses the hurdles healthcare providers face when connecting with patients.

This week's top stories include Flo Health settling with the FTC over data sharing allegations, the feds telling states not to hold the COVID-19 vaccine in reserve and health IT heavy hitters creating the Vaccine Credential Initiative.

When building predictive models that improve, not drive, health disparities, turn to augmented intelligence, not artificial intelligence, says Jason Jones, chief data scientist at Health Catalyst.

Big data is going to be transformative, says Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the ONC, as ONC and CMS rules move healthcare from a gated interaction to digitally transparent clinical care.

Change Healthcare SVP of Data Solutions Tim Suther discusses how social determinants of health analytics services provide data that EHRs don't capture, not only benefiting patients, but also payers, researchers and providers.

HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf discusses 2020 success stories introduced by HIMSS this year with the aim of improving healthcare, including the global consortium for eHealth interoperability and digital health indicators.

Ashton Applewhite, activist and author of "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism," discusses some of the complex realities of aging, ageism, ableism and health - and describes how technology should be designed for seniors.