Population and Public Health

Dr. Kulleni Gebreyes, director of Deloitte’s Health Equity Institute, talks about how business and health organizations can help tackle health disparities. 

Also: Solv wraps up a $45 million Series C funding round, and Singapore-based Homage secures $30 million.

Digital health and tech can help refugees access necessary medical care and other social determinants of health, like housing, employment and education. 

Also, an Indian online medical news portal launches a mobile app version.

Monthly Update: HIMSS Media Editor in Chief Jonah Comstock recaps some of August's top healthcare stories, including HIMSS21 and HIMSS21 Digital highlights, and an increasing number of vaccine mandates for healthcare and tech companies.

Using the reSET-O app in addition to other opioid treatments lowered healthcare costs by $1,014 and added 0.003 quality-adjusted life years compared with treatment alone.

All students over the age of 12 and school staff members must be fully vaccinated in order to be allowed to attend school, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Education said.

Students in the intervention groups were given an AI chatbot called Tess.  

The medical device company has signed an MoU with DHI 2048 to deploy 2,500 systems to the region by the year 2025.

The company's chief product officer wrote that deleting content as quickly as possible doesn't fix the problem.