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The report cited associated costs, technological hiccups, the need for more community partners and training deficits as hurdles.

Michigan’s McLaren Health Care’s telehealth sites have jumped from 40 to 275 during the pandemic. It has used FCC award funds to expand its telemedicine offerings.

While it remains "committed to bringing staff back," the company told workers over the weekend that they wouldn't be required to return to campus today. It has also asked Cleveland Clinic and others to assess its reopening plans.

Also, Alcidion gets appointed to NHSX clinical communications procurement framework.

Brazil is among the countries most heavily hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. With its GDPR-inspired data protection law, the country was among the forerunners in regulating digital privacy in 2018. Now, a postponement looks likely as detailed in the latest edition of HIMSS Insights, COVID-19 and Beyond.

It’s clear that empty platitudes and slogans won’t do anymore to combat inequality in the industry. Now the most important question is, how can we take action in the UK towards improving inclusion and diversity both professionally and personally? 

The bi-partisan Patient Matching Improvement Act, introduced by Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, and Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, would make the U.S. Postal Service's address-formatting tool available to hospitals and COVID-19 testing labs.

Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Colorado will share best practices for telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and follow their own state policies while also adhering to seven key principles, their governors say.

The Institute for Family Health was mostly using telephone consults during COVID-19’s peak in New York. Now it’s going on a tech shopping spree to better care for patients – and boost revenue.