Government & Policy

Consultant Matt Wolf says that, despite telehealth staying in the spotlight since the pandemic, it faces some setbacks that could limit lasting success. Incentivizing better patient outcomes could help virtual care make more economic sense.

Also, the Australian government has invested $6 million in four national health data projects.

It prioritises mitigating risks posed by some 30 legacy and end-of-life payroll systems.

Anne Moen of Gravitate-Health says the company wants to work with regulators to help European patients translate prescription information into their language of choice while traveling through the EU.

The FBI and CISA say a significant percentage of foreign threat actors associated with the government of Iran are targeting several U.S. sectors, including healthcare and local governments, to obtain network access and deploy ransomware.

The qualified health information network says athenahealth, ModuleMD and Solace Health have gone live on its TEFCA platform, which features Carequality access, new security capabilities and more streamlined workflows.

The American Hospital Association is applauding the Office for Civil Rights for opting not to appeal a district court decision that vacated its recent rule regulating online tracking technologies.

Also, a new framework guides Australian home aged care providers in delivering technology-driven services.

HHS has said the revised March bulletin was consistent with HIPAA's definition of individually identifiable health information.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health says new funding to advance capabilities that detect and auto-correct misalignments with training data could help users of medical devices integrated with artificial intelligence ensure peak performance.