Population Health

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.
Two doctors providing in-person consultation to patients
Roundup: IIT Madras develops IT tool to improve rural health and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 07:12 am | November 25, 2022
Also, AIIMS New Delhi is set to go all digital for payments next year.
Check in CBR app on the Apple App Store
ACT to switch off COVID-19 contact tracing app
By Adam Ang | 09:32 pm | November 23, 2022
The app will no longer be in use starting in December.
Lori Evans Bernstein, CEO and cofounder of Caraway
Q&A: Caraway's CEO on the 'tsunami' of healthcare need among young women
By Emily Olsen | 05:45 pm | November 23, 2022
Office worker using smartphone
State AGs urge Apple to better protect reproductive health data
By Emily Olsen | 05:32 pm | November 23, 2022
Patients prefer telehealth for common illnesses, study shows
By Bill Siwicki | 10:38 am | November 23, 2022
Telemedicine has, at long last, become very popular.
Parent and child talk with doctor via telehealth
A golden moment for telehealth depends on meeting the need  for broadband
By Craig Settles | 10:33 am | November 22, 2022
The FCC established the Affordable Connectivity Program in December 2021 to provide access and subsidized computing devices. It's free to enroll in ACP, but too few people are taking advantage.
Hong Kong COVID-19 Hotspot Map
High-resolution Hong Kong COVID-19 Hotspot Map launched
By Adam Ang | 01:17 am | November 22, 2022
The online map can process one million data points in less than 0.5 second of response time.
Lab researchers viewing graphs on a desktop computer
New digital platform in India uses social media to track down vector-borne diseases
By Adam Ang | 01:17 am | November 22, 2022
It will support the Indian government's prevention and control of dengue, malaria, and chikungunya.
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Michigan vendors collaborate on HIE-enabled SDOH interoperability
By Andrea Fox | 01:56 pm | November 18, 2022
The new partnership, focused on social determinants of health, aims to create a statewide mechanism for sharing data referrals, interventions and outcomes among providers and social care agencies.