Population Health

Woman in mask checks smartphone for update
By Glenn Fala 03:26 pm April 06, 2021
The development of PennOpen Pass, a symptom tracker and exposure alert system, offers a lesson on how challenging factors can focus the mind, enabling development of new tools that meet communities' needs.
DTAC, NHSX
By Sam Shah 06:05 am March 09, 2021
What still seems to be missing from the criteria is any assessment of the evidence of how well a product works and to what extent, says Prof Sam Shah, chief medical strategy officer, Numan.
By Bogi Eliasen 09:54 am March 03, 2021
A bold vision for data-driven Latin American health, illustrated by a Peruvian pilot.
Germany, digital maturity
By Armin Scheuer 10:12 am March 02, 2021
Germany will soon be embarking on a national project to assess the digital maturity of its 2,000 hospitals. If it focuses on understanding the impact on clinicians and patients, it can catch up with the world’s digital health leaders, says Armin Scheuer, VP international business development, HIMSS. 
Los Angeles pictured from above
By Ali Modaressi 03:32 pm February 04, 2021
As COVID-19 continues to surge in Los Angeles, LANES is enabling free-flowing data insights – medical, behavioral and socioeconomic ─ to close information gaps and improve clinical decision support for better outcomes.
Vaccines, covid-19
By Charles Alessi 01:55 am January 20, 2021
We are witnessing a race in the vaccine rollout. A race towards the light at the end of a tunnel and a race which will likely define the next few years, according to Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS. 
health equity, covid-19
By Bogi Eliasen 02:01 am January 19, 2021
The right to health, not just the access to healthcare, requires a holistic understanding of how we can provide a better quality of life and wellbeing for the individual and society, argues Bogi Eliasen, director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies and a member of the HIMSS Future50 Community.
COVID-19, contact tracing, vaccine
By Saif Abed 02:08 am January 13, 2021
For many of us, 2021 feels a lot like 2020 with lockdowns imposed and hospital pressures increasing. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel with several vaccines now being rolled out globally, says Dr Saif Abed, founding partner, AbedGraham.
Graphic showing connected points on a map of North America
By Seema Verma 11:01 am January 11, 2021
CMS progress on healthcare interoperability
Photograph of a man working on a server
By Mike Restuccia 10:56 am January 06, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals.