Government & Policy

The use of realistic health record information that mimics lifelong medical histories can enable more innovative algorithms for disease modeling.

"Telehealth matters," reads the synopsis of the new bill, which also has provisions prohibiting Medicaid from specifying originating and distant sites for reimbursement purposes.

Biden is expected to issue a national mask mandate and create an office of COVID-19 response, headed by the new coronavirus czar.

The company had donated to the 2020 campaigns of a dozen federal legislators who went on to object to the presidential election results.

Bee Busy Wellness Center is using a $183,000 FCC grant to add an array of hardware and infrastructure that will take its telemedicine to the next level.

We are witnessing a race in the vaccine rollout. A race towards the light at the end of a tunnel and a race which will likely define the next few years, according to Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS. 

President-elect Joe Biden announced this week that he had nominated Dr.

ONC will invest $20 million from the CARES Act to help broaden data sharing between HIEs and immunization information systems.

The right to health, not just the access to healthcare, requires a holistic understanding of how we can provide a better quality of life and wellbeing for the individual and society, argues Bogi Eliasen, director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies and a member of the HIMSS Future50 Community.

The breach lasted for more than a year and resulted in the disclosure of individuals' names, Social Security numbers and other protected health information.