The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has banned the use of rapid viral tests for COVID-19, following reports of major inaccuracies in test results. In a circular...
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Democratic legislators have introduced a bicameral bill to address the potential spread of personal data as COVID-related health surveillance increases. WHY IT...
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing consumer perspectives towards telehealth. However, data indicates groups facing the greatest risks right now, including older...
South Shore Health System prides itself on its maternity platform, said vice president of operational excellence Luke D. Poppish during a recent HIMSS20...
As part of the 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandated adoption of the Hybrid Hospital...
With the pandemic having originated in the APAC region, the newly launched HITN APAC eBook titled “Dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak through digital health in...
A study on behalf of NHS England analysed the electronic health records (EHRs) of 17.4 million UK adults, to examine the risk factors associated with death...
The challenges of COVID-19 from a nursing perspective, along with learnings for any future pandemics, were addressed during a recent webinar ‘From the...
New York City’s Mount Sinai Health System has installed more than 100 Google Nest cameras in hospitals to observe and communicate with COVID-19 patients...
Solution alerts employers and healthcare organizations of potential coronavirus symptoms before work shifts begin to prevent spread within workplaces and...
Macon Community Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital in rural Tennessee that was seeking to implement a Cerner electronic health record. THE PROBLEM...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March, Dr. Mamdouh Riad, a solo practitioner in Hyannis, Massachusetts, began to take notice that he would not be...
I’ve been writing recently about the financial well-being of rural and critical access hospitals: about their struggling to stay in business and how...
Ever since the movement surrounding value-based healthcare started, radiologists have understood the potential of showing their contribution in patient care...
The extreme measures taken by the Department of Health in England to allow the NHS to switch its focus to the critical care needed to manage seriously ill...
A number of digital health companies have seen their businesses grow amid the COVID-19 crisis, and so far Livongo Health appears to be no exception. The...