Population and Public Health

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.

Dr. Tufia Haddad, Becky Kottschade and Rebecca Heft discuss their HIMSS23 presentation detailing the Mayo Clinic's approach to implementing decentralized clinical trials.

Matthew Fisher, general counsel at Carium, previews his upcoming HIMSS23 panel on how the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization caused conflicting rules and regulations nationwide and affected healthcare data and access.

Monique Mansoura, executive director of global health security and biotechnology at MITRE, highlights her HIMSS23 discussion on employing real-world data to cope with emerging health threats.  

Scott McKeithen, Marleen Welsh and Charles Baschnagel of the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office preview their HIMSS23 panel on supplying data to public health officials for biosurveillance.

According to Howard Rubin, CIO of Evara Health, an FQHC, telehealth has helped an underserved population overcome the challenges of finding care.

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.  

Russ Hinz of Advocate Health, Stephanie Chia of University of Chicago Medicine and Susan Tolin from Chartis preview their HIMSS23 presentation on the South Side Healthy Community Organization.

Automation has assisted patients using digital tools and helped with clinician workflows, according to Tracy Chu of Scripps Health, who previews her HIMSS23 presentation, "Automation Improves Digital Education App Performance."