Population and Public Health

Monique Mansoura, executive director of global health security and biotechnology at MITRE, highlights her HIMSS23 discussion on employing real-world data to cope with emerging health threats.  

Scott McKeithen, Marleen Welsh and Charles Baschnagel of the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office preview their HIMSS23 panel on supplying data to public health officials for biosurveillance.

According to Howard Rubin, CIO of Evara Health, an FQHC, telehealth has helped an underserved population overcome the challenges of finding care.

Medicare beneficiaries who received telehealth services for opioid use disorder during the pandemic had a 33% lower risk of fatal overdose.

During a discussion at ViVE 2023, panelists emphasized the need to interrogate data and know how it could be biased.  

Russ Hinz of Advocate Health, Stephanie Chia of University of Chicago Medicine and Susan Tolin from Chartis preview their HIMSS23 presentation on the South Side Healthy Community Organization.

Automation has assisted patients using digital tools and helped with clinician workflows, according to Tracy Chu of Scripps Health, who previews her HIMSS23 presentation, "Automation Improves Digital Education App Performance."

Also, Jolly Good has collaborated with Brigham and Women's Hospital to create medical education VR content.

Natural language processing technology helps NorthShore University HealthSystem look at social determinants of health data. Health equity senior programmer analyst Emily Kwan highlights her upcoming HIMSS23 session.

Barbara Rothbaum, executive director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, discusses Emory's no-cost two-week mental health treatment program that pays for flights, hotels and therapy for vets.