Government & Policy

Bradley Merrill Thompson, an FDA-watcher, lawyer and occasional MobiHealthNews guest contributor, joins the MobiHealthNews team for a closer look at what the FDA has been up to around digital health and AI.

The Office for Civil Rights at HHS settled this week with Phoenix-based St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center for $160,000, alleging that a mother was unable to access her son's medical records.

This week's top stories include hospitals needing to report flu information in addition to COVID-19 data, while Americans want mental healthcare via telehealth but worry about data security.

Clinical testing is underway for VUNO Med–DeepCARS based on a clinical trial plan approved by the MFDS in June.

In a virtual town hall Thursday, policy experts weighed in on pivotal healthcare issues in the upcoming election, including the Affordable Care Act.

The medical journal, which has never before weighed in on a presidential race, called for current political leaders to be voted out of office.

The experience of the pandemic is strengthening the Skolkovo region as regulation changes are accelerating innovation, says Natalia Polushkina, vice president and CEO at Biomedical Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation.

Noncompliance with the new reporting rules "could result in termination for both Medicare and Medicaid," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

Whichever way you look at it, many countries across the globe are experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases coinciding with the start of the Autumn/Winter seasons says Dr Saif Abed, founding partner at The AbedGraham Group.

Reps. Robin Kelly and Anna Eshoo said that while telemedicine has the potential to expand access to care, it has also highlighted disparities in the U.S. healthcare system.