Government & Policy

Eight health tech companies, selected by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, will present their solutions at the event. The technology on display will include innovations in medical device manufacturing, remote medical treatment systems and medical software.

Earlier this week, an HHS working session met to discuss a long-simmering topic in American health policy: the need for a universal patient-identification strategy. In this episode of HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock and Senior Editor Kat Jercich welcome HIMSS VP of Government Relations Tom Leary and Government Relations Senior Manager David Gray to the podcast to discuss the events of the working session, the history and current state of patient identification in the United States, and why this topic is so important in this pandemic moment.   More about this episode: Accurate patient matching is even more vital amidst the COVID-19 crisis, say industry groups House votes to overturn unique patient identifier ban HIMSS Becomes Founding Member of Patient ID Now Coalition (himss.org)

The roadmap released this week includes a four-point strategy to address the challenges facing rural healthcare.

This week's top stories include California passing the nation's first law mandating a 45-day supply of PPE, GoodRX filing to go public, and healthcare execs naming telehealth as their top COVID-19 tech problem.

UAE capital’s healthcare sector celebrates achievement one year on from the launch of HIE platform, Malaffi.

Also, Switzerland’s Health n Go blockchain health certificate app shows the effectiveness of digitally delivered health certificates.

A George Mason University professor argues in a new report that hurdles to entrepreneurial exploration are slowing telehealth expansion.

The extra £50 million investment will boost improvements in technology across the NHS to speed up the diagnoses of diseases like cancer.

Stakeholders stressed the importance of a patient-identification strategy in an ONC working session Monday.

The U.S. Department of Justice says its Viztek subsidiary violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently gaining 2014 Edition certification for its EXA EHR.