An investigation has been launched after a glitch saw thousands of COVID-19 cases go unreported in England. The technical error meant that although people who tested positive were told about their results, their close contacts were not traced. Discovered overnight on 2 October, it was revealed that the error was caused by Microsoft Excel […]
The first in a series of HIMSS webinars in Latin America, ‘National Digital health Strategy and Pandemic Management’, was held with more than 600 attendees and a panel of top-level experts, in conjunction with the Argentine Ministry of Health. The meeting was moderated by Dr Mariano Groiso, HIMSS Advisor for Latin America, and Eng. Fernando Núñez, national […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week revised its official testing guidelines regarding asymptomatic people, triggering concerns from public health and industry groups. The new guidelines state that those without symptoms may not need a test, even if they have been in close contact with someone with a COVID-19 infection. The […]
The American Hospital Association sent an open letter to President Donald Trump this week recommending actions that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should take to safeguard patient access to telehealth after the public health emergency ends. The president issued an executive order in early August in support of making some temporary flexibilities for telehealth […]
The Medicaid Transformation Project, founded by the health system network Avia and former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acting administrator Andy Slavitt, released its Phase One report this week after two years of operation. 30 health systems and the Veterans Health Administration are MTP members, comprising 378 hospitals in 28 states. Phase One focused […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs will be working with the Department of Energy on the new COVID-19 Insights Partnership, a new data sharing and research initiative formed to combat COVID-19. WHY IT MATTERS Through the COVID-19 Insights Partnership, HHS and VA will leverage DOE’s high-performance computing […]
Children have specific and unique medical needs – and software supporting their care should be tailored to help address those needs. So the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has published a new informational resource aimed at shaping the specifications of technology products intended for pediatric use. “There are critical functionalities, data elements, […]
Providence, Rhode Island-based Lifespan Health System will pay $1,040,000 and put a corrective action plan in place to settle a potential HIPAA violation with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. ON THE RECORD The case involves an employee’s stolen MacBook laptop, which was solemn from their car in a public parking lot on February 25, […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday revealed a new Coronavirus Data Hub to display COVID-19 patient data. The Trump administration has faced a flurry of concerns, including with regard to data transparency, from stakeholders and members of the public following its directive to hospitals last week to bypass the Centers for […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that it would invest $1.6 billion toward the commercial development of a COVID-19 investigational vaccine by the Maryland-based company Novavax. HHS also announced that it would provide $450 million to Regeneron to manufacture and supply the company’s antiviral antibody treatment, REGN-COV2. The clinical trials for […]
