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Managing the whole population during the COVID-19 crisis is posing challenges, so we should share our learning, says Päivi Sillanaukee, ambassador for Health and Wellbeing of Finland and director-general of the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

By adding clinical decision support and the ability to see patient activity outside the four walls of the hospital, CalvertHealth in Maryland saw, among other things, a 94% reduction in Dilaudid use.

Although progress has been made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, patient speaker and activist Theo Sergiou says there is room for improvement at an institutional level.

Innovative services have been implemented on a patient population level, based on data to identify potential issues to prevent disease, says Clalit Health Services Chief Innovation Officer Ran Balicer.

The public can use search functions to find telehealth options, says Dr. Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer for Google Health.

This week's top stories include a California law mandating a 45-day supply of PPE, GoodRX going public, and healthcare execs naming telehealth as their top COVID-19 tech problem.

The NHS AI Lab will help facilitate the adoption of AI into clinical settings, says Indra Joshi, director of AI at the NHSX, who discusses the need for high-quality data.

IntelyCare CEO David Coppins says hospitals got resources first while post-acute care executives maxed out credit cards buying PPE and staff wore garbage sacks for gowns.

Digital health futurist Shafi Ahmed says since COVID-19, users across the globe have been the "change makers" in ensuring that healthcare delivery is more equitable and accessible.

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold describes Israel's shift from military defense to pathogen protection in response to COVID-19.