Government & Policy

Health leaders contemplate the key features of a strong, data-driven response to a health crisis at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 Middle East Digital Event.

 Financial support has been awarded to 13 projects which have digital tools and AI at the heart of their approaches.

Saudi Arabia’s Digital Transformation Advisor in the Ministry of Health has called for increased global collaboration to improve digital maturity in the Middle East. Dr Ahmed Balkhair was addressing the HIMSS & Health 2.0 Middle East Digital Health Conference.

The funding will support 15 innovative AI projects ranging from early cancer detection to clinical support and wearable medical devices.

Building off its Hospital Without Walls initiative, it's offering new flexibilities around telehealth and remote patient monitoring as the country enters "a new level of crisis response," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

The Department of Health and Social Care has quashed rumours of a third tech unit to work alongside NHSX and NHS Digital.

Introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho, the bipartisan legislation would make funding from the Bureau of Health Workforce conditional on adopting the compact within three years.

The American Telemedicine Association said the newly released final rules move the healthcare industry closer to a value-based care model.

On top of investment and skilling, region dubbed a “game-changer” in sustainable transformation.

The FHIR R4 APIs in version 2020.2 of the platform will enable broader access to provider, payer and pharmacy benefits data – and can help boost compliance with upcoming interoperability and patient access rules, the company says.