Government & Policy

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By Adam Ang 07:54 pm March 26, 2025
It aims to strengthen the digital skills of existing and new healthcare professionals.
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By Andrea Fox 04:07 pm March 26, 2025
The Senate Intelligence Committee's annual worldwide threats hearing touched on how U.S. defense agencies must partner with healthcare and other industries to neutralize threats from Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon and others. 
A doctor in scrubs checking a patient's file on a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 10:22 pm March 25, 2025
Around $57 million was also invested in aged care digital reforms.
Susan Monarez, CDC
By Mike Miliard 09:49 am March 25, 2025
Susan Monarez, current acting director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has previous experience in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and worked at ARPA-H on AI applications for pop health and quality improvement. 
caregiver at patient bedside reviews prescription information with a virtual care prescriber on a tablet
By Andrea Fox 10:49 am March 24, 2025
The agencies' special telehealth registries will also be postponed with this latest delay of long-awaited telehealth prescribing guidance.
A pharmacist using a digital tablet to do an inventory.
By Adam Ang 07:59 pm March 23, 2025
The government sees this approval as allowing pharmacies to replace their paper-based registers.
A doctor reviewing a patient's record on a digital tablet.
By Adam Ang 07:56 pm March 23, 2025
It aims to consolidate access to digital health records across regions.
veteran draws on a whiteboard with a colleague
By Andrea Fox 10:55 am March 21, 2025
While the department says the contracts are "non-mission-critical or duplicative," several of those canceled in March were for veteran-owned businesses that were focused on the safety and integrity of the ongoing electronic health record rollout.
Doctor on a telehealth visit
By Andrea Fox 02:55 pm March 19, 2025
While healthcare organizations applaud lawmakers' support for extending flexibilities in FY25 stopgap legislation, they still have concerns about long-term certainty for virtual care.
Judge holding gavel
By Jeff Lagasse 01:20 pm March 18, 2025
The judge took issue with the way the mass terminations were executed, saying employees should be brought back onto the job.