Population and Public Health
This week's top stories include AdventHealth lamenting $260 million in losses, a study finding ICD-10 codes may miss COVID-19-related symptoms, and USPS service delays hitting some mail-order pharmacies harder than others.
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.
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.
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.
HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Charles Alessi discusses the factors that are helping countries from around the globe succeed in managing the coronavirus.
Prioritize IT solutions that make the management of infected people and contacts more efficient before the next wave hits.
Brett Furst, president of the HHS Technology Group, says the COVID-19 pandemic provides a "perfect example" for why the distributed ledger technology was invented.
HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the healthcare industry at FutureMed 2020.