Population and Public Health

A patient consulting with a doctor online using a digital tablet
ACT project tries out new mental health care navigation platform
By Adam Ang | 12:20 am | February 07, 2023
It aims to help stakeholders navigate the mental health care system.
UNSW professors pose for a picture during the official launch of the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health
Australia officially opens connected health research hub
By Adam Ang | 01:35 am | February 06, 2023
It aims to design, create, and market clinical-grade health sensors and predictive analytics.
A patient getting a vaccine shot
India pilots digital universal vaccination platform
By Adam Ang | 01:32 am | February 06, 2023
It replicates the CoWIN platform that was used to track COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Leveraging patient engagement technologies to tackle health inequity
By Health Catalyst | 08:10 pm | January 29, 2023
Healthcare disparities can seriously impact a patient’s health, however, proactive communication with patients can bridge care gaps and ensure patients have the information they need to stay engaged in their care.
A doctor wearing a face mask and holding a digital tablet is in a face-to-face consultation with a patient
SA Health kicks off patient-generated data project with The Clinician
By Adam Ang | 01:08 am | January 25, 2023
The programme targets to enrol about a million patients by 2025.
[Left-Right] Mohd Daud Mohd Arif, CEO, Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council, and Simon Lin, VP and Executive Director for Asia-Pacific, HIMSS
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council ties up with HIMSS for digital enablement
By Adam Ang | 10:59 pm | January 11, 2023
Through the collaboration, MHTC also aims to achieve its goal of making Malaysia a global healthcare destination.
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Roundup: Altera's Sunrise EMR fully rolled out in Gippsland and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 02:23 am | December 23, 2022
Also, Archives NZ has disclosed a potential breach in digitised historical health records. 
A surgeon looking at a monitor in an operating room
Roundup: Apollo Hospitals, Bharti Airtel conduct India's first 5G/AI guided colonoscopy and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 02:13 am | December 23, 2022
Also, Singapore's Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung is participating in a new large-scale population health study. 
India's CoWIN app showing a person's COVID-19 vaccination certificate
Roundup: India's CoWIN to track all vax status and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 12:46 am | December 09, 2022
Also, the Japanese government is conducting a study to deploy an AI endoscopy diagnosis support tool in Vietnam.
HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Ten expert recommendations to help reshape healthcare in MENA
By Rachel McArthur | 05:24 am | November 30, 2022
A series of themes and proposals to help advance the digital transformation of healthcare in the Middle East and North Africa were made during the final session of the 2022 HIMSS Middle East Health Conference & Exhibition.