Population Health

Tom Leary, senior vice president of government relations at HIMSS, says ongoing Senate races could have unforeseen impacts on healthcare IT.

Pothik Chatterjee, executive director of innovation and research at LifeBridge Health, shares how his team responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with mobile clinics, digital patient monitoring and on-site PPE production.

This week's top stories include the Supreme Court appearing favorable to keeping the Affordable Care Act after hearing arguments, Google Cloud unveiling AI tools for analyzing unstructured medical text, and Epic MyChart adding a COVID-19 risk model.

Institute for InterGroup Understanding CEO George Halvorson shares why it's imperative to collect and share data to address inequities in care.

Dr. Joe Kvedar, senior advisor of virtual care at Mass General Brigham, discusses the future of virtual care as the population ages and why it is important to design for all.

COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for digital transformation, says Saudi Post CEO Dr. Fadi Al-Buhairan, who discusses how digital systems and communities have collaborated during the pandemic.

Governments must effectively leverage behavioral, economic and movement data to improve outcomes during future pandemics, says Dame Sally Davies, former CMO for England and current Master of Trinity College in Cambridge, UK.

The pandemic has encouraged stakeholders to collaborate more effectively on the use of data, which HIPPO AI Foundation founder Bart De Witte hopes will help reduce health inequalities in a post-coronavirus world.

The huge disparity in health literacy is affecting how people navigate the labyrinth of healthcare, says Ian Slade, chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Taskforce.

This week's top stories include HIMSS Global Health Equity Week panelists calling for a stronger focus on population health to improve health disparities and the effects of drops in admissions on hospitals.