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Convened by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Alliance for Connected Care and the American Telemedicine Association, the task force said it would release a final recommendations report in September.

The agency has yet to say whether parity will remain between an in-person and a telehealth visit.

Industry leaders across medtech and pharmaceutical sectors applaud proposal for its forward thinking.  

Not only have the practice’s patients’ chronic health problems improved, but those patients stayed connected during COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders.

Top among the digital solutions that can help clinicians expedite the delivery of cancer care are AI-powered decision support systems.  

The system, developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, can assess X-ray images and diagnose some conditions, but also appreciates its own limits.

“COVID-19 has taught us that digital health is the way that we will underpin new models of care, and that our staff and consumers are desperately keen to embrace digital,” said Dr Clair Sullivan.

The framework from Northwestern and UT Austin outlines the specific inpatient admission thresholds to help authorities determine when communities should enact short-term shelter-in-place orders.

Dr. Robert Redfield said during a House subcommittee hearing that he was only told about the decision once it had already been made by HHS.

To protect kids, families and staff during the pandemic, the organization expanded telemedicine offerings, supporting a 5,500% growth in virtual visits in less than a month.