population health

Providers and caregivers need better awareness of age-friendly care
By Max Sullivan | 07:07 am | November 05, 2019
While 88% of patients said they were satisfied with their care, only half said their doctors and other providers did a "good" or "excellent" job.
Fitbit partners with Singapore’s HPB on population-based public health initiative
By Dean Koh | 11:39 pm | August 21, 2019
Fitbit announced yesterday that it will be collaborating with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) on a healthy population project in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative.
To balance population health and personalized care, Philips innovation lead prescribes an ecosystem approach
By Jonah Comstock | 01:40 pm | April 12, 2019
How patient-facing digital health can learn from the failures of EHRs.
A 'gold mine' of data is driving Israel's billion-shekel bet on digital health
By Jonah Comstock | 03:49 pm | April 01, 2019
According to Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, director general of Israel's Ministry of Health, the country is pushing towards preventative and personalized medicine.
Focus on: Aging and the Silver Tsunami
05:57 pm | March 20, 2019
HIMSS Media's information brands Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance News, MobiHealthNews and HIMSS TV are diving into one of the most pressing issues facing healthcare today – baby boomers and their swelling demands on our system.
Microsoft exec shares strengths and challenges of blockchain
By HIMSS TV | 04:12 pm | January 24, 2019
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Improving dental services with digital technology
By HIMSS TV | 06:56 pm | January 10, 2019
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Five months in, NIH's All of Us has enrolled 100,000 participants
By Dave Muoio | 05:03 pm | October 18, 2018
Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron offered Connected Health Conference attendees an update on the progress of NIH’s ambitious population health research.
Population health management often starts with a ride
By HIMSS TV | 04:06 pm | October 04, 2018
Gyre Renwick, vice president at Lyft, is leading the company’s healthcare team to develop partnerships and find solutions to address the major social determinant of health that impact people’s lives – getting to the doctor before an emergency.
Health Wizz pilots blockchain and FHIR mobile app for EHRs
By Bill Siwicki | 12:57 pm | July 19, 2018
Health Wizz has updated and is piloting its unusual blockchain- and FHIR-enabled EHR aggregator mobile app, which uses blockchain to tokenize data, enabling patients to securely aggregate, organize, share, donate and/or trade their medical records.