Population and Public Health

The partnership will bring Well.Me’s employee health monitoring tool to Bupa Health Service’s business customers.

Ian Slade, chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Taskforce, says the huge disparity in health literacy is affecting how people navigate the labyrinth of healthcare.

In addition to the award, Fitbit will begin a study with Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to detect signs of illness in its employees.

College campuses have proven to be hotbeds for infection of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

If the vaccine candidates stay on track, an approved vaccine could hit the market by early 2021 or sooner.

This week's top stories include a push for a stronger focus on population health to improve health disparities, a drop in hospital admissions, and Borderlands 3's use of its millions of gamers to help map the human gut microbiome.

The challenge, which officially launches in January 2021, was announced this week during HIMSS’ Health Equity Week.

WHO infographics and other resources will now be available on Wikimedia outlets. 

Alliance for Better Health CEO Dr. Jacob Reider talks about the data and IT demands of coordinating social determinants of health efforts – and the imperative to serve underserved communities, where effects from the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for a long time.

To support health equity, Congress must expand access to telehealth, explains Terri Ripley, chair of the HIMSS Public Policy Committee.