Population and Public Health

John Borkowski, data officer at Workday, discusses CIOs' role in DEI initiatives and how his company's VIBE platform helps organizations focus their efforts to make the greatest impact.

This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts.

This week's top stories include strong support for the passage of the Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 and the Supreme Court agreeing to decide the legality of drug payment cuts to 340B hospitals.

Hospitals and health systems saw performance improvements in April compared to previous year; Google helps fund a data visualization tool that displays the scale and disparate impacts of COVID-19 cases.  

VisualDx's Dr. Art Papier and Dr. Nada Elbuluk discuss how Project Impact works to address health inequities and racial bias in AI.

Dr. Deborah Maufi, chief medical officer at Babymoon Care, discusses how to tackle the inequalities in maternal health.

This week's top stories include the Biden administration aiming to get 70% of adults at least one vaccine dose by July 4, ransomware continuing to be a threat to healthcare, and Collective Health scaling its employer health benefits platform.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of April's biggest stories, including insurtech news, studies from Fitbit and telehealth being called into question.

Christine Czerniak, technical officer of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, says variants of COVID-19 highlight the need for genomic surveillance and sequencing as well as the importance of collaboration in the fight against the coronavirus.

Professor Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer of Clalit Health Services, says Israel has found both innovation and data instrumental in tackling COVID-19 challenges and improving patient outcomes.