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Dr. Elizabeth Marshall, director of clinical analytics at Linguamatics, an IQVIA company, discusses the data management and workflow challenges during COVID-19 – and describes how natural language processing can help.

During FutureMed 2020, Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden's state epidemiologist, said he supports the country's decision to keep schools open with social distancing guidance in place.

Marc Probst, longtime CIO at Intermountain Healthcare and new CIO at ELLKAY, also discusses digital transformation and the cost challenges facing healthcare now – as well as the IT innovation he sees emerging from the COVID-19 crisis.

Dr. Charles Tuchinda, EVP and deputy group head of Hearst Health, offers best practices for those using decision support IT for prescribing meds.

This week's top stories include the ONC offering new funding for HIE innovation, a decline in healthcare M&A transactions and Medtronic's plans to buy a connected insulin pen startup.

Lightbeam Health Solutions Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kent Locklear discusses the challenge and opportunity COVID-19 presents for population health.

Remote monitoring of patients can help balance staff safety with patient needs, according to Matthew Sappern, CEO of PeriGen.

Sue Willman, SVP and GM of Pharmacy and Data & Analytic Services at EXL, says healthcare providers – whether addressing gaps in care, building dashboards for capacity planning or tackling fraud, waste and abuse – depend on data now more than ever.

Cybersecurity expert Randy Bradley says outside-the-four-walls threats include makeshift triage units, but you can still move wisely even if you are moving fast.

Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, discusses how disinformation and diverging containment strategies have been contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in America.