Population and Public Health

Also, Medwise.ai wins UK grant to develop AI-powered question answering platform for healthcare professionals during COVID-19.

New study uses online resources to compare mental health outcomes in individuals studied before COVID-19 versus those responding during the pandemic.  

This week's top stories include CMS giving hospitals guidance in their efforts to reopen ailing service lines, an app glitch exposing video of patient consultations and giving the underserved access to telehealth.

The first batch of these devices will be delivered in the later half of this month, said Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative.

Enli Health Intelligence's CMO Dr. Joseph Siemienczuk describes the role of pop health IT during COVID-19 or any pandemic.

This week's top stories include shadow pharmacies peddling bogus COVID-19 cures, HHS giving hospitals additional aid and the challenges of optimizing the combination of virtual care and in-office visits.

Roundtrip, the University of Pennsylvania, Lyft and Contra Costa Health services are joining forces to conduct the study.

Cotiviti uses its COVID-19 Outbreak Tracker to leverage claims and clinical data for payers to use and share with providers, says President and CEO Emad Rizk, MD.

Executives from SDOH technology platforms say they anticipate more public-healthcare funding to support social services infrastructure in the coming years.

The in-app study collects wearable data and asks participants about their recent symptom history.