Population and Public Health
The novel approach could help public health authorities focus their contact tracing and quarantine efforts on those at greater risk of infection.
CommonPass allows travelers to document their COVID-19 status electronically and present it when they board a plane or cross a border.
The EU-backed community of health innovators is funding several projects to promote healthy ageing in Europe.
At an upcoming Accelerate Health digital session, panel members will discuss the challenges of consumer adoption and cross-sector collaboration in the effort to implement connected communities.
COVID-19 is presenting challenges and opportunities for real-world data generation surrounding scale, privacy and ethics, claims Nigel Hughes, the scientific director RWD/RWE at Janssen Research and Development.
Dr. Eric J. Rubin, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discusses maintaining rigorous editorial and medical standards while also exploring new ideas and concepts in a time when understanding of COVID-19 is changing by the day.
Matthew Gould, CEO of NHSx, says metrics about bed capacity, patient condition and shortages helped organize the health system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To coincide with World Alzheimer’s Day, pain assessment app PainChek has published a new report on pain and dementia.
Contact tracing apps, symptom checkers and other data-driven tools provide tangible benefits, but experts say that more can be done to educate individuals on what information they collect and how it's handled.
F&D Partners CEO Frank Zhang says South Korea's health system and digital infrastructure are helping society deal with the pandemic in an efficient and transparent way, while prioritizing the citizen.