Government & Policy
This week's top stories include primary care doctors saying they're not ready for the next COVID-19 surge and the VA and Philips building what they're calling the world's largest remote intensive care system.
The new telehealth-specific electronic clinical quality measures are to be used by eligible professionals and clinicians participating in CMS quality reporting programs such as MIPS and APMs.
Providers who e-prescribe birth control through apps and online pharmacies doubt the decision will significantly affect their practices, but they say the mandate is harmful for those who need contraception.
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The longtime partners will build out what they're calling the world's largest-ever remote intensive care system, as the VA is poised for a significant increase in IT funding.
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A new generation of medical sensors will enable real-time collection of health data from warfighters, even in the most volatile threat situations.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced it would give $450 million to the biotech company Regeneron to manufacture and supply the company's antibody treatment.
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The report offers best practices and advice – around software, data-governance, legal and ethical considerations and more – for four key research areas: clinical data, omics practices, epidemiology and social sciences.
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To treat U.S. warfighters effectively, the military health system must integrate medical data that’s been siloed in out-of-date systems — and do it in situations where bandwidth is scarce.
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Local authorities are to be given access to postcode-level data on people testing positive for coronavirus in their areas.