Population Health

The chief information officer of Philadelphia-based Delaware Valley Community Health discusses data-driven approaches to community healthcare: patient engagement, social determinants, public health reporting and more.

The EHR vendor will also feature updates from its Epic Health Research Network, along with focuses on interoperability, patient access, population health and analytics.

The electronic health record vendor has also updated its on-campus masking policies in response to public health guidance.

Simon Philip Rost, marketing executive for GE healthcare’s digital health and AI portfolio, discusses the ways in which an industry ecosystem can help to break down data silos.

This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up SilverCloud Health and Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts until 2022.

Officials told House representatives that the agency would not schedule any further deployments in the next six months.

Proof of vaccination will also continue to be required.

New ethics guidance cautions against overestimating the benefits of technology.

Despite the widespread adoption telehealth saw during the COVID-19 pandemic, many telehealth deployments still fall short of real user-friendliness and provide less than ideal patient experiences, especially for certain populations that might have less access to reliable Internet or less experience with telecommunications.