Government & Policy

Advocacy organizations and business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Congress, argue that current law effectively prevents employers from offering virtual care to part-time or seasonal workers.

In October, the government enabled the use of the state ID for health insurance.  

The groups say that the premature expiration of pandemic-era policies could leave patients, especially immunocompromised people, in the lurch.

UK citizens can now digitally verify their vaccination status through the EU's system.

The so-called SUNSET rule would have required the Department of Health and Human Services to review its regulations once a decade.

Greater demand for digital solutions in healthcare sector has been accelerated by COVID-19 pandemic.

The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and HIMSS co-hosted the third annual Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe (DHAGE) and agreed that digital services should be based on public, rather than organisational, need.

The principles identify areas in which international standards organizations and other collaborative groups could advance what the agency calls Good Machine Learning Practice.

The former president of the American Medical Association says that development requires clear-eyed conversations about the potential consequences of technology.

An advisory group convened by the organization released a framework of nine elements that can be used to work toward equity.