Population and Public Health

On the sidelines of the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference this week, HHS top brass discussed plans for regulatory reform, an innovation accelerator and more.

More often than not, survey respondents said that patient data collected using apps, wearables or other consumer-friendly sources are clinically valuable.

Innovaccer CEO and cofounder Abhinav Shashank reviews the past year's healthcare events and technology trends, and highlights the potential of each to influence the future of care.

McLean Hospital Medical Director Ipsit Vahia discusses the challenges facing older adults and how data and tech can help with early interventions in conditions such as dementia, depression and loneliness.

HopeLab President and CEO Margaret Law discusses how omnipresent connectivity is having both a positive and negative impact on younger generations.

Babyscripts CEO Anish Sebastian outlines major tech-driven trends to keep an eye on for the new year.

Danielle Carroll, postdoctoral scholar and orthopaedic surgeon at UCSF, discusses the lessons space health can learn from global health. 

HIMSS Media's information brands Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News, MobiHealthNews and HIMSS TV are diving into one of the most pressing issues facing healthcare today – baby boomers and their swelling demands on our system. We'll look at the challenges, opportunities, emerging technologies, and other tactics hospitals, health systems and payers are deploying to manage the needs of the aging-population wave.

The program uses a mix of home visits and telehealth technologies to bring more services to the home.