The Federal Communications Commission voted to adopt a $200 million telehealth program to support healthcare providers responding to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Congress appropriated the funds as part of the CARES Act.
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Although everyone in our field endeavors to continue caring for patients, each other and the families in our communities, healthcare leaders in particular clearly recognize the unprecedented challenges we face in trying to carry out our responsibilities as effectively as possible.
The FCC announced important changes to the Rural Health Care and E-Rate programs that will make it easier for broadband providers to support telehealth and remote learning efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Federal Communications Commission adopted an Order to fully fund all eligible Rural Health Care Program services for the current funding year with an additional $42.19 million in funding.
The AMA announced that the CPT Editorial Panel approved a new addition to the CPT® code set that will help streamline data-driven resource and allocation planning in the battle against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in the United States.
IntelyCare, an intelligent workforce management solution for post-acute facilities, announced it has completed the largest venture round in the nursing technology space, raising $45M in new equity and debt financing to solve the nationwide workforce shortage.
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments include American Heart Association, AVIA, Day Health Strategies, Dyne Therapeutics, LeadingReach, AMPS, Halo Communications, PerfectServe, Sloan Kettering, HeartVista, & Zebra Medical Vision.
The Sequoia Project, in their role as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement Recognized Coordinating Entity, announced it will form a work group to inform the RCE’s efforts in developing the Common Agreement.
Adoption of digital health tools has grown significantly among all physicians since 2016 when the American Medical Association first benchmarked the integration of emerging health technology into clinical practice.