Government & Policy

In a pair of op-eds published in the Federal News Network, former Veterans Affairs Deputy Chief Information Officer Ed Meagher offered his take on the agency's beleaguered attempts to update its electronic health record system.

Among hospitalized patients, the agency found that those who had gotten two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine were less likely to test positive for COVID-19.

Advocacy organizations and business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Congress, argue that current law effectively prevents employers from offering virtual care to part-time or seasonal workers.

In October, the government enabled the use of the state ID for health insurance.  

The groups say that the premature expiration of pandemic-era policies could leave patients, especially immunocompromised people, in the lurch.

UK citizens can now digitally verify their vaccination status through the EU's system.

The so-called SUNSET rule would have required the Department of Health and Human Services to review its regulations once a decade.

Greater demand for digital solutions in healthcare sector has been accelerated by COVID-19 pandemic.

The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and HIMSS co-hosted the third annual Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe (DHAGE) and agreed that digital services should be based on public, rather than organisational, need.

The principles identify areas in which international standards organizations and other collaborative groups could advance what the agency calls Good Machine Learning Practice.