Population and Public Health
An app that assists clinicians in communicating with patients also promotes equity, according to Rachael Grimaldi, cofounder and CEO of CardMedic.
Brave Health, a virtual behavioral healthcare provider, has big plans for its new $40 million Series C raise, according to CEO and cofounder Anna Lindow.
CEO of Kami Vision Yamin Durrani talks about the company's new fall-detection AI technology for elder care. It employs home cameras to alert for a fall, then routes notices to concerned parties, while considering privacy.
The ongoing Apple Women's Health study found a small and temporary increase in average menstrual cycle length associated with COVID-19 vaccination. Researchers noted there's no evidence the vaccine affects fertility.
With a mission to improve health equity through digital care, Wellthy Therapeutics works toward improving health literacy globally while finding and addressing gaps in care. Chief Business Officer Theo Ahadome discusses how.
Morehouse School of Medicine's Jasmine Agnew, the Master of Science in Health Informatics Program director, explains how IT instruction there incorporates cultural competencies that are key to acting on SDOH data.
Allison Viola, Senior Advisor for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, explains that collected data is at times neither accurate and nor representative of racial information or demographics.
Licensed healthcare professionals can apply to make their content eligible for health source information panels. The features previously only applied to organizations like educational institutions, hospitals and public health departments.
The pandemic and civil unrest in 2020 shined light on healthcare disparities, says Jasmaine McClain, principal of the Health Equity Alliance at the Health Management Academy, who discusses if companies' announced efforts to combat inequities are enough.
The collaboration to deliver the oral antiviral therapy for COVID-19 will launch in the coming weeks.