Population and Public Health

This week's top stories include the AstraZeneca vaccine showing 79% efficacy but facing questions about using outdated information, Everlywell forming a new at-home lab testing subsidiary, and the VA reviewing its EHR modernization program.

PWNHealth will rebrand as Everly Health Solutions and will operate as an independent arm of Everly Health.

LifeBridge Health CIO Tressa Springmann shares how the health system has adapted its EHR and IT systems for complex COVID-19 vaccine scheduling and administration – and how it plans to capitalize on shifting provider-consumer paradigms.

The pilot study in north-east England will pioneer a personalised medicine approach.

Providers must go beyond just learning about a patient's SDOH to change the game; they must also support changes. 

The agency will allow some COVID-19 tests to be used at home for regular asymptomatic testing.

Also: PainChek's app picks up European and Australian regulatory clearances; Digital health access as a social determinant of health.

Dr. Azizi Seixas explains why communities of color are at greater risk of suffering severe consequences, including secondary ones, from the pandemic.

Symmetric Health Solutions CEO Rich Kucera and Northern Light's Matt Marston discuss how COVID-19 has affected the supply chain as well as Northern Light's successful vaccine rollout.

While these features are built to be used by all working families on the Cleo platform, it’s those families who do face discrimination who will benefit the most.