Government & Policy

AICEP's chairman, Filipe Santos Costa, explains how Portugal attracts tech startups while also optimising infrastructure, licensing and financial incentives to bring in pharma companies.

The agency said as part of the international cyber takedown it gained lawful access to Qakbot’s infrastructure and identified more than 700,000 infected computers worldwide, including more than 200,000 in the US. 

The American Telemedicine Association seeks to ensure that expanding telehealth programs are treated like any other healthcare delivery model and meet standards for patient safety, data privacy and information security.

Signs point to yes – and mature remote patient monitoring and telemedicine tools will be key to helping providers capitalize on the shift, one technology leader says.

The commitment to telehealth from CMS offers medical specialties the freedom to innovate and provide better and more equitable care, says Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer of NextGen Healthcare and a practicing family physician.

Multiple awards for proposals to buttress digital health technology security, improve the fitness of healthcare analytics and strengthen healthcare software development are possible, according to the BAA. 

Larger companies are taking an "all or nothing" approach in light of proposed legislation, one HIE leader says, but electronic health record developers can look to modernized data lakes for inspiration and place guardrails around PHI.

When Vanderbilt University Medical Center turned over non-anonymized medical records to the state without patient consent, it pitted Tennessee state law against HIPAA and unleashed a federal investigation as well as a class action patient lawsuit. 

The developer's Viz HCM algorithm can be used to assess electrocardiograms. When findings are suspicious of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the app alerts cardiology specialists to provide further triage.