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Population Health

By Jeff Lagasse | 10:23 am | April 14, 2020
The five new ventilator contracts are expected to ramp up production, while immunotherapy development could help in coronavirus treatment.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:47 am | April 13, 2020
The guidance is meant to remove financial barriers for receiving coronavirus tests and health services, and to encourage antibody testing.
By Susan Morse | 08:28 am | April 09, 2020
The challenge of population health is the ability to integrate and share the data for health systems to act upon the information.
At the Maine Rural Health Research Center, the goal is to help critical access hospitals find innovative and cost-effective ways to build healthier communities.
By Susan Morse | 01:35 pm | April 03, 2020
UnitedHealth Group previously announced $50 million to fight COVID-19 by supporting healthcare workers, seniors and hard-hit communities.
By Dave Muoio, Mobihealth News | 11:27 am | April 02, 2020
The proposal would fully fund telehealth services and devices for eligible healthcare providers, although some aren't pleased with its exclusion of for-profit hospitals.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:22 pm | April 01, 2020
Consumers will feel these increased costs through higher out-of-pocket expenses and premiums, especially if the federal response is lacking.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:53 pm | March 31, 2020
Cities that adopted early, broad isolation and prevention measures had lower disease and mortality rates during the Spanish flu era.
By Healthcare IT News Staff | 09:36 am | March 30, 2020
We asked for your experiences during the coronavirus public health emergency, and you've responded. Here are some of our readers' experiences so far.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:48 pm | March 27, 2020
Some of the medications being used to treat COVID-19 are known to increase cardiac risk in some people.