Government & Policy

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.

This week's top stories include two telehealth companies merging, CMS proposing telehealth changes under Trump's executive order, and dispatches from the Taskforce of Telehealth Policy's virtual town hall.

Providers say there are a number of logistical, regulatory and educational hurdles that must be overcome for telehealth to reach its potential.

Digital tools offer huge opportunities for helping to contain the coronavirus, and IT solutions that make the management of infected people and contacts more efficient should be prioritized before the next wave.

An interview with Ifan Evans, director of technology, digital & transformation, Welsh Government Health and Social Services, who will be speaking at HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Event.

Convened by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Alliance for Connected Care and the American Telemedicine Association, the task force said it would release a final recommendations report in September.

The framework from Northwestern and UT Austin outlines the specific inpatient admission thresholds to help authorities determine when communities should enact short-term shelter-in-place orders.

Dr. Robert Redfield said during a House subcommittee hearing that he was only told about the decision once it had already been made by HHS.