Population and Public Health

Dr. Jay Bhatt, managing director at Deloitte, warns that without high-quality algorithms technology has the potential to increase health inequities and drive mistrust.

In a letter to employees, CEO Ayub Khattak said the diagnostics company's new initiatives are "progressing well but are still early in terms of revenue generation."

The group who received an interactive DVD and patient navigation services delivered by phone was nearly six times more likely to be up-to-date on breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings compared with a cohort who received usual care.

At HIMSS23, panelists discussed health systems' financial challenges as labor costs rise and the population ages.

At HIMSS23, Aaron Miri, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Baptist Health, discusses the role of digital officers in healthcare.

According to a study published in JAMA, audio-only visits made up one in five primary care visits and two in five behavioral health visits among patients at federally qualified health centers in August 2022.

Medicare beneficiaries who received telehealth services for opioid use disorder during the pandemic had a 33% lower risk of fatal overdose.

During a discussion at ViVE 2023, panelists emphasized the need to interrogate data and know how it could be biased.  

Also, Jolly Good has collaborated with Brigham and Women's Hospital to create medical education VR content.

In a post on LinkedIn, Color CEO Othman Laraki said the company would focus on its core lines of business, including testing and telehealth infrastructure for government programs, and its prevention tools for employers and healthcare purchasers.