Population Health
Even if ONC and CMS have extended the timeline for compliance while health systems battle coronavirus, the pandemic has only highlighted the need for patient access and API-enabled exchange.
Wearables data could be used to detect viral infections, including COVID-19, explains Scripps Translational Science Institute Epidemiologist Jennifer M. Radin.
Both agencies will be able to more easily and securely exchange health records with outside providers, while participating health systems will gain a single point of entry to request agency health data.
Population Health
Access to a complete picture of the patient – including the behavioral and environmental factors that influence daily health – is critical to realizing the shared benefits of value-based, holistic care.
Qualified veterans and their caregivers will receive Facebook's standalone Portal video-chatting device to reduce isolation and improve social connectedness at home.
Northwell Health's Simita Mishra and Sabina Zak discuss how the health system is learning more about its patients to provide them with better — and more personalized — care.