Government & Policy
The National Committee for Quality Assurance identified three key opportunities to improve virtual care delivery, including tailoring telehealth use to individual needs.
VA representatives told The Spokesman-Review that the system had experienced 42 "unplanned degradations" and eight "unplanned outages" before April 20, with two more occurring the following week.
Simon Madden and Catherine Pollard will head up the NHS transformation directorate.
More than two dozen grantees throughout the country will have access to up to $700,000 in funding to expand their virtual care capacity.
Plus, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' cyber arm highlights ransomware trends, and Microsoft launches cybersecurity services.
The Offices of Inspector General for both agencies said the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office did not take an active role in managing the initiative's success.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had spillover effects on screening and preventive care.
MedTech Europe welcomes launch of European Health Data Space
The European Commission this week launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will allow citizens to access their health data in any EU member state.
The Connected Health Initiative stressed the importance of seamless information exchange throughout the care continuum in a letter to National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.