Normally, the 4th of July is filled with family and friends, but this year a typical celebration could further spread COVID-19 and endanger lives. Celebrate safely by limiting the size of gatherings, physical distancing, wearing masks & washing hands often.
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As Americans have benefited from tele-health and other innovations thanks to COVID-19 regulatory relief, future medical advances will be stymied unless policymakers remove road blocks that make it difficult for entrepreneurs to develop new technology and for patients to access it…
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said on the Senate floor that “now, during this pandemic when we have got our eye on the ball,” is the time for Congress to act on needed changes to prepare for the next pandemic.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional 77 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Health care providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $29.41 million in funding to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a pioneer and national leader in health information technology for over 15 years, is winding down its operations in 2020.
American Telemedicine Association President, Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, testified before the full Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on telehealth, urging policymakers to “take specific actions before the end of the public health emergency to make access to telehealth services permanent.”
Carequality, the national-level, common interoperability framework to enable health information exchange between and among health information networks, has released a new Carequality implementation guide, the Carequality Electronic Case Reporting Implementation Guide.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced new Guidance that specifies what additional data must be reported to HHS by laboratories along with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) test results.
The virtual Second Annual DirectTrust Summit, June 9-10 will bring together an array of healthcare industry leaders to share ideas and best practices around improving health information exchange and interoperability. The two-day event ensures a robust learning and networking experience for attendees.