Population and Public Health
The ongoing Apple Women's Health study found a small and temporary increase in average menstrual cycle length associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Researchers noted there's no evidence the vaccine affects fertility.
With a mission to improve health equity through digital care, Wellthy Therapeutics works toward improving health literacy globally while finding and addressing gaps in care. Chief Business Officer Theo Ahadome discusses how.
Morehouse School of Medicine's Jasmine Agnew, the Master of Science in Health Informatics Program director, explains how IT instruction there incorporates cultural competencies that are key to acting on SDOH data.
Allison Viola, Senior Advisor for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, explains that collected data is at times neither accurate and nor representative of racial information or demographics.
Licensed healthcare professionals can apply to make their content eligible for health source information panels. The features previously only applied to organizations like educational institutions, hospitals and public health departments.
The pandemic and civil unrest in 2020 shined light on healthcare disparities, says Jasmaine McClain, principal of the Health Equity Alliance at the Health Management Academy, who discusses if companies' announced efforts to combat inequities are enough.
The collaboration to deliver the oral antiviral therapy for COVID-19 will launch in the coming weeks.
Nicholas Christiano Jr. and Iris Frye, co-chairs of Health Equity Policy Task Force under the HIMSS Public Policy Committee, talk about the parts played by technology, clinicians and pharmacies in coping with the social determinants of health.
IQ Solutions' communications VP Kimberly Brock explains how the public health company helps nonprofits and federal agencies grow access to care.
The LGBTQ+ community can gain access to monkeypox vaccines through greater education, explains chair of the New England HIMSS Clinical Informatics Committee Amy Chacko.