Notification – HHS and State of California to Support Passengers On The Grand Princess Cruise Ship

09. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will work with state and local partners in California to support passengers returning to the United States on the Grand Princess cruise ship. The ship will dock temporarily in a non-passenger port in San Francisco Bay.   Passengers will be transferred to federal military installations for medical ...

HHS solicits proposals for development of medical products for novel coronavirus

07. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
As part of the government-wide effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in U.S. communities, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated a broad agency announcement (BAA) to focus specifically on products to diagnose, prevent or treat coronavirus infections. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the HHS ...