UK scientists develop 30-minute test kit for COVID-19

23. March 2020 Health 0
Scientists in Oxford have developed a faster-acting test to establish whether patients are infected with the coronavirus. A team from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oscar Suzhou Centre for Advance Research (OSCAR) have been working to improve upon the current process which can take up to two hours to produce a result ...

HHS Funds Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial for Potential Treatment for COVID-19

22. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
An antibody medicine being evaluated to treat severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will receive additional support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) under an existing partnership with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of Tarrytown, New York. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ...

OCR Issues Guidance on Telehealth Remote Communications Following Its Notification of Enforcement Discretion

21. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on telehealth remote communications following its Notification of Enforcement Discretion during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.  The Notification, issued earlier this week, announced, effective immediately, that OCR is exercising its enforcement discretion to not impose ...

HHS, DOD coordinate international airlift of COVID-19 supplies

21. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) coordinated an emergency international airlift of 500,000 swabs and sample kits used in the COVID-19 testing process in an effort to increase diagnostic testing for Americans. Copan Diagnostics, Inc., located in Italy, recently informed U.S. government officials they were ...

HHS announces upcoming action to provide funding to tribes for COVID-19 response

21. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing upcoming action by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide $80 million in funding to tribes, tribal organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations for resources in support of our nation’s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This initial action will be ...