Population and Public Health

Professor Sam Shah, founder and director of Faculty of Future Health, says the digital divide must be addressed by greater investment.

Actions have been taken in the health tech industry to combat the vast disparities that impact UK BAME workers that were revealed by the recent series of events of Black Lives Matter.

This week's top stories include AdventHealth lamenting $260 million in losses, a study finding ICD-10 codes may miss COVID-19-related symptoms, and USPS service delays hitting some mail-order pharmacies harder than others.

Dr. Elizabeth Marshall, director of clinical analytics at Linguamatics, an IQVIA company, discusses the data management and workflow challenges during COVID-19 – and describes how natural language processing can help.

During FutureMed 2020, Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden's state epidemiologist, said he supports the country's decision to keep schools open with social distancing guidance in place.

The software is based on Google and Apple’s privacy-centric system.

Lightbeam Health Solutions Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kent Locklear discusses the challenge and opportunity COVID-19 presents for population health.

Remote monitoring of patients can help balance staff safety with patient needs, according to Matthew Sappern, CEO of PeriGen.

A recent review of Medicare claims suggests a machine learning algorithm could flag individuals at higher risk of infection or help prevent outbreaks within skilled nursing facilities.