The Alliance for Health Policy https://allhealthpolicy.org held a press briefing with Dr. Stephen M. Hahn Commissioner of the FDA, https://www.fda.gov on January 8, 2021. The briefing was moderated by Dr. Reed Tuckson, Founder and Managing Director, Tuckson Health Connections https://www.tucksonhealthconnections.com. (more…)
Disparities in Telemedicine Use
In a study led by Lauren Eberty, MD, a Clinical Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania https://www.med.upenn.edu, researchers examined data for nearly 150,000 patients. (more…)
Healthcare Tech: Outlook for 2021
Credit Suisse’s https://www.credit-suisse.com Survey with investors and industry stakeholders was interested in their expectations for various developments in digital health and HCIT trends that are likely to drive digital health growth and innovations in 2021, 4Q20 earnings, and 2021 outlook expectations for HCIT covered names. (more…)
Image Sharing due to COVID
The rise of COVID this year has put the spotlight on radiology and the need to digitally share images. This is important since those who survive contacting COVID may still have ongoing issues in terms of long-term damage to their heart and lungs. (more…)
e-Prescribing Service Launched
Well Health Technologies (WELL) https://www.well.company is partnering with Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca to integrate Infoway’s national e-prescribing service, PrescribelT® with WELL’s OSCAR Pro EMR software. (more…)
Studying Children’s COVID Effects
NIH https://www.nih.gov has awarded eight research grants for up to $20 million over four years to help identify children at high risk for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In children (MIS-C), a rare and severe after effect of COVID-19. (more…)
Expanding Broadband in Rural Areas
FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction has allocated $9.2 billion to enable 49 states in rural America and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to have access to high speed internet service. Thirteen states each received over $300 million to increase access to rural high speed internet while Arkansas received over $400 million. (more…)