The third extension of pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities through the end of next year will give the agencies time to promulgate final regulations and providers time to comply, the agencies said. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Every day, we all get calls, emails, texts, and chats, from patients, friends, and colleagues. It seems like everyone is looking for a new primary care doctor. Sometimes it’s because someone has moved to a new city, or they… Powered by WPeMatico
A cybersecurity CEO offers advice on tactics healthcare CISOs and CIOs should use to protect sensitive telehealth data, and how providers can adopt a proactive security stance specific to virtual care. Powered by WPeMatico
Also, the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department has launched a new patient portal which already helped reduce duplicate records by a tenth. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — “Not a good choice.” — Wendell Primus, PhD, visiting fellow at the Brookings Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy in Washington, D.C., on president-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In summer 2017, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) was notified of a mysterious illness that had afflicted 10 inmate wildland firefighters. After several days at the frontlines of a wildfire, the firefighters had… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Colleagues, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Or, for a true reality check, just scan the Department of Agriculture’s frequently-updated map and tables naming the many animals that have tested positive for highly pathogenic… Powered by WPeMatico
Dr. Kathy Ku is vice president at Vive Collective, a venture capital firm focused on digital health. Kathy is an entrepreneur, an engineer and a former consultant. She holds an MD/MBA from Stanford, where she was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, and an AB/SM from Harvard, where she studied engineering sciences and ...
