Population Health

A proposed joint research centre aims to introduce and promote the uptake of elderly care technologies with particular focus on Cantonese-speaking populations.

At HIMSS26, two leaders from New York's Office of Mental Health will describe how they managed semantic data exchange challenges with FHIR and terminology mapping, improving care coordination and critical time intervention for vulnerable individuals.

Decision follows 15-state lawsuit over the elimination of seven childhood vaccines from their recommended status.

In less than a year, Denmark's Digital Skin Cancer Diagnostics (DSCD) initiative has transformed the pathway for suspected skin cancer, cutting waiting times from 18 weeks to just one day and reducing unnecessary biopsies by up to 35%.

Also, the Australian Digital Health Agency has introduced a train-the-trainer toolkit for teaching digital health in universities.

The platform uses wearable biometric data and clinician-reviewed medical research to provide guidance on menstrual-, pregnancy- and menopause-related health.

Michael Dalton of non-profit virtual care provider Ovatient discusses whether the federal program is a short-term patch for struggling rural hospitals or the last chance to move rural healthcare onto a model that works at scale.

An effective, cost-efficient combination of clinical collaboration, telepsychiatry, virtual reality and artificial intelligence-driven knowledge management is improving pediatric mental health service access in rural North Carolina, says Dr. Sy Saeed, ahead of HIMSS26.

Rural Americans are nearly three times more likely to develop chronic kidney disease than those in urban areas. Dr. Sharica Brookins has proven that, with telehealth and RPM, 100% virtual kidney care is not only possible, but essential.

Ryan M. Harrison of the CDC joins MobiHealthNews to preview his upcoming HIMSS26 talk where he'll discuss how the agency’s Technical Reference Architecture accelerates digital transformation across federal public health systems.