Population and Public Health

System which identifies patients at risk of fatal heart attack obtains CE mark. 

Hayat-Vax is a joint collaboration between Sinopharm CNBG and Abu Dhabi’s G42. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing app will now also function as a national vaccine registry.

Private bookings for a COVID-19 vaccine start from AED 1,300 (approx. $354).

According to FDA documents, the test is intended to help stop the spread of COVID-19 among Amazon employees. 

Since January 2021, all  72 million statutorily insured German citizens have been legally entitled to a national electronic patient record (ePA).

This week's top stories include the AstraZeneca vaccine showing 79% efficacy but facing questions about using outdated information, Everlywell forming a new at-home lab testing subsidiary, and the VA reviewing its EHR modernization program.

PWNHealth will rebrand as Everly Health Solutions and will operate as an independent arm of Everly Health.

LifeBridge Health CIO Tressa Springmann shares how the health system has adapted its EHR and IT systems for complex COVID-19 vaccine scheduling and administration – and how it plans to capitalize on shifting provider-consumer paradigms.

The pilot study in north-east England will pioneer a personalised medicine approach.

Providers must go beyond just learning about a patient's SDOH to change the game; they must also support changes.