Population Health

Researchers at UCSF describe the emergence of a new field dedicated to better integrating and supporting the clinical use of social determinants of health data.

UK charity, the Health Foundation has called for greater transparency around the COVID-19 contact tracing app, which is set to be launched across England and Wales tomorrow.

The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are varied, and patients are known to have rapidly changing signs and symptoms that must be tracked with laboratory testing.

NHSx CEO Matthew Gould shares how metrics about bed capacity, patient condition and shortages helped organize the health system during the pandemic.

The Hospital Future Act aims to modernise the country’s hospital system.

In a HIMSS Learning Center presentation, Mayo Clinic oncologists Dr. Tufia Haddad and Dr. Nadia Laack will share their perspectives about the potential for AI to accelerate clinical research and improve care.

South Korea's well-developed digital infrastructure is helping society deal with the coronavirus in an efficient and transparent way, says Frank Zhang, CEO at F&D Partners.

It comes following a two-month trial in the UAE capital, as well as a successful remote care programme for COVID-19 patients in home isolation.

Also, Liverpool John Moores University gives students insight into e-prescribing.

Data science and clinical teams at PCCI, in collaboration with Parkland informaticists, have developed an AI-driven predictive model that predicts for individual COVID-19 exposure risk, based on population density and their proximity to positive cases.