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Addressing Population and Public Health

AXA and Microsoft join forces to build digital healthcare platform

By Tammy Lovell 01:40 pm April 14, 2021

The launch follows a successful pilot scheme in Germany and Italy.

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DOJ announces 'successful' FBI hacking attempt to remove Microsoft Exchange cyber threat

By Kat Jercich 12:22 pm April 14, 2021

The operation appears to have often taken place without computer owners' knowledge.

John Fowler deputy information security officer Henry Ford Health System

John Fowler, deputy information security officer at Henry Ford Health System
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Is cyber insurance a good investment? What healthcare CISOs and CIOs should know

By Bill Siwicki 12:07 pm April 14, 2021

John Fowler, deputy information security officer at Henry Ford Health System, offers an in-depth look at this type of insurance, which can be critical to provider organizations today.

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Remote patient monitoring helps Baptist Health achieve zero readmissions with COVID-19 patients

By Bill Siwicki 10:49 am April 14, 2021

When the pandemic struck, the health system re-tasked its RPM technology from CHF and COPD home care to COVID-19 home care. The results were tremendous.

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Mayo Clinic launches remote diagnostics platform, forms 2 new companies to support it

By Mike Miliard 10:48 am April 14, 2021

Anumana will develop and market algorithms for early detection of disease. Lucem Health can collect device data and feed it into clinical workflows. Both spin-offs aim to capitalize on advances in AI and remote telemetry.

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Google has another go at patient health record software

By Kat Jercich 09:14 am April 14, 2021

The software titan is recruiting users to weigh in on how they want to interact with their own medical data, a report says.

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Addressing Population and Public Health

Denmark launches COVID-19 passport 'Coronapas'

By Sara Mageit 09:13 am April 14, 2021

Non-essential businesses are now able to use the passport to show proof of vaccination or a negative test result from the last 72 hours.

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Intermountain acquires air transport company to expand telehealth capabilities

By Mike Miliard 04:18 pm April 13, 2021

Classic Air Medical will help the Salt Lake City health system extend its ability to serve and coordinate care for rural communities throughout eight Western states.

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J&J pause could create challenges for vaccine scheduling, reporting systems

By Kat Jercich 02:55 pm April 13, 2021

Officials at CDC and FDA said they wanted to prepare healthcare providers to recognize and treat patients appropriately – and to report adverse events they may be seeing.

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President Joe Biden (Photo via whitehouse.gov)

Biden outlines health IT funding priorities

By Kat Jercich 02:08 pm April 13, 2021

The extensive list includes billions in funding for public health data modernization, broadband and 5G expansion, social determinants of health, cybersecurity and more.