Population and Public Health

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.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, data may be harder to come by because patients may not be seeking in-person care, says Michael Gleeson, chief innovation and strategy officer at Arcadia.

This week's top stories include hospitals scrambling to comply with the requirement to submit data to HHS, and Google and Apple's contact tracing app leaving the door open for tracking user locations.

Gain practical insights on responding to the pandemic through the perspectives of world leaders, decision-makers and other thought leaders.

Equality Health Director of Clinical Outreach Solutions Roger Pena says when treating patients, take into account his or her age, race, gender and ZIP code, as they can have a big impact on patients' overall health.

This week's top stories include primary care doctors saying they're not ready for the next COVID-19 surge, Philips building out the VA's telehealth infrastructure, and Novartis and Propeller Health co-packaging a new asthma treatment.

This week's top stories include the Department of Health and Human Services whittling down coronavirus vaccine candidates, the Senate looking at telehealth's future and Proteus Digital Health filing for bankruptcy.

This week's top stories include CMS giving hospitals guidance in their efforts to reopen ailing service lines, an app glitch exposing video of patient consultations and giving the underserved access to telehealth.