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'Appropriate' transition period for COVID-19 test EUAs when public health emergency ends

Healthcare Dive

APRIL 8, 2022

The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S. public health emergency declarations stopping.

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DEA and HHS extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances through 2025

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Drug Enforcement Agency and Health and Human Services announced the Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications, preventing some patients from losing access to their telehealth-prescribed medications.

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Could Amtrak’s Quiet Car Be a Model for COVID-19 Travel Policies?

Bill of Health

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this same approach could be taken in relation to masking. A recent study compared COVID-19 spread in Boston-area school districts that dropped mask mandates earlier this year (the majority), with the two much less-resourced school districts that maintained mandates.

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Patient messages via Epic increased during COVID-19, raising burnout concerns

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that physicians saw a "small but sustained" increase in patient message volume during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the message increase did not displace patient calls. ON THE RECORD.

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What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In June 2022, after almost two years of debate over a potential COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, the World Trade Organization adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (“WTO Decision”), which provided for a partial waiver of intellectual property rights. The post What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

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COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues

Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. Indeed, as made public, the U.S. Moderna has since made over $30 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales. By Aparajita Lath.

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COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives, study calculates

Healthcare Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The vaccines also reduced infections and hospitalizations, which freed up hospital resources, researchers at the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health concluded.

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Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pervasive inequities experienced by historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities. Although disabled people have always experienced inequities concerning economic security, these disparities have grown substantially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vaccine credentials enabling wider progress on public health interoperability

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

While initially developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, those SMART Health Cards – accessible via digital wallet apps or QR codes – were also seen as a key enabler for a larger system to more easily enable access, control and sharing of verifiable vaccination and other records.

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Blue Booking Long COVID: Accounting for Long-Term COVID-19 Complications in Social Security Disability Benefits Evaluations

Bill of Health

MARCH 11, 2022

Long COVID has left an estimated 1.6 Those experiencing Long COVID face long-term neurological issues, heart problems, lung damage, and myriad other complications following an initial bout with COVID-19. Though some who are incapacitated by Long COVID will eventually be able to return to work, others may never work again.

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Text messages move the needle on COVID-19 vaccinations

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As communities across the nation seek new ways to bring COVID-19 vaccination rates up to levels that can more effectively mitigate the spread of variants, they are looking for new and better ways to reach those who are just hesitant, undecided or unaware of how to get vaccinated. Ninety-seven percent of adults in the U.S.

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The Public Health Case Against Gas Appliances

Bill of Health

MARCH 10, 2023

There is no shortage of data demonstrating that low income and minoritized individuals suffer disparate health outcomes in the United States. Conclusion We are in desperate need of a meaningful public health messaging campaign that explains both the harms of natural gas appliances and the availability of excellent electric alternatives.

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Technology can help diagnose, contain COVID-19 – within limits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2020

Digital tools such as telehealth, remote patient monitoring, data analytics and even consumer-facing AI-based chatbots could play a key role in containing the outbreak of COVID-19 and help people who think they've been exposed to the novel coronavirus – but experts warn that such tools are not a cure-all.

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COVID-19 and the future of care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 18, 2020

Shifting the perception of digital health and care. Without doubt, the crucial requirement of us all, as citizens, to be physically distant as part of the response globally to COVID-19 has resulted in a significant shift in how we think about technology as a tool to overcome distance.

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How to apply for FCC's COVID-19 telehealth funding program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 9, 2020

This past week, the Federal Communications Commission unveiled a new $200 million program to help fund telehealth programs for qualifying providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. combats the coronavirus public health crisis.

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CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow

Healthcare Dive

AUGUST 18, 2022

The shakeup includes the creation of new offices, staffing moves and steps to expedite data releases, CDC director Rochelle Walensky informed staff on Wednesday.

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OCR will ease restrictions on telehealth tech during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

" Covered entities seeking to use audio or video communication tech to reach patients where they live "can use any non-public facing remote communication product that is available to communicate with patients," said the agency. ON THE RECORD.

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Queensland's Gold Coast Health deploys Rauland's Concierge platform to reduce contact in COVID-19 wards

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Queensland's Gold Coast Health has set up a bedside terminal solution by health IT provider Rauland Australia to reduce physical interactions in its COVID-19 ward. There has been a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases across Queensland since end July due to an outbreak caused by the Delta variant.

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Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2020

As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health.

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Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

Bill of Health

MARCH 21, 2023

By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever. reported symptoms of long COVID at some point, and 6 percent reported current symptoms.

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Eyeing Europe's COVID-19 resurgence, AHA asks HHS to renew public health emergency

Healthcare Dive

MARCH 29, 2022

In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, hospitals emphasized the need to be prepared for more potential disruptions to the healthcare delivery system.

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Vast majority of specialists increased use of telehealth tech during COVID-19 pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

specialists, 79% said that their use of telemedicine technology had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The specialists GlobalData surveyed cited the possibility of future unsupportive policies as a reason for discontinuing telehealth use after the public health crisis. In a new survey of U.S. THE LARGER TREND.

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The Supreme Court’s Rulings on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Explained

Bill of Health

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Court placed COVID-19 in the latter category. Per the Court, such an approach would take “on the character of a general public health measure, rather than an ‘ occupational safety or health standard'” that falls within OSHA’s authority to establish. The CMS Case.

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House extends virtual care flexibilities beyond public health emergency

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 10, 2022

House of Representatives approved an omnibus spending bill late Wednesday night that extends temporary telehealth flexibilities under Medicare beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate, several COVID-19-era telehealth policies will remain in place for about five months after the public health emergency ends.

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Reclaiming Salus Populi

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. Along the way, courts have displayed an alarming disinterest in science or the impact of their decisions on the public’s health.

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COVID-19-triggered threat changes will linger beyond crisis, say most security pros

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2020

In advance of its now-virtual USA conference, the security event series Black Hat found that 94% of current and former attendees believe that COVID-19 increases the cyber threat to enterprise systems and data. Security in the COVID-19 Era. Still, many people say they won't use them. ON THE RECORD.

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Millions of people counting on Congress to protect telehealth access

Healthcare Dive

MAY 26, 2022

Patients in communities across the nation who have come to rely on telehealth have been left waiting and wondering if they will be able to receive the virtual care they need once the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended.

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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Future for Diagnostics

Bill of Health

APRIL 15, 2022

Diagnostic tests have changed in the eyes of many Americans across the COVID-19 pandemic. The traditional site of diagnostic testing, the doctor’s office, has taken a back seat during the COVID-19 pandemic. What do current COVID-19 diagnostic tests look like?

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COVID-19: Acknowledging the need to adopt digital health in New Zealand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

Adoption of digital health in the various healthcare ecosystems had not been well established. In the public health sector, contact tracing is predominantly carried out manually with the transfer of information performed manually as well. A low testing capacity is also another issue which the nation faces. ON THE RECORD.

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CMS launches Acute Hospital Care at Home program to help with COVID-19 surge

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

hospitals manage the crush of new patients as the COVID-19 crisis worsens. "With new areas across the country experiencing significant challenges to the capacity of their health care systems, our job is to make sure that CMS regulations are not standing in the way of patient care for COVID-19 and beyond."

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US health spending to surpass $7T by 2031, CMS actuaries say

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 15, 2023

The unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency and recent legislation are expected to influence health spending across the country’s major payers over the next decade.

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ONC proposed rule targets interoperability for public health, payers

Healthcare Dive

JULY 11, 2024

The sweeping rule includes provisions to improve public health data sharing — a serious paint point during the COVID-19 pandemic — boost security in health records and speed prior authorization.

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The public health emergency is over. Here’s why the government must prioritize funding for long COVID research.

Healthcare Dive

JUNE 9, 2023

Professors at the University of Arizona argue for more robust infrastructure to understand and research long COVID-19, which impacts one in five Americans.

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Public Health Emergencies and Human Rights Principles: A Solidarity Approach

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

By Anne Kjersti Befring and Cecilia Marcela Bailliet Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic posed a grave threat to humanity and revealed the need for a new approach to improve transnational cooperation within the global health system and new perspectives on solidarity addressing the cross-border spread of infection and distribution of vaccines.

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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. As a result, it publicly promised that “ while the pandemic continues, Moderna will not enforce our COVID-19 related patents against those making vaccines intended to combat the pandemic.”

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French researchers reveal chatbot skills to override vaccine hesitancy

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In the control group, which received only brief information about the COVID-19 vaccination, there were no comparable results in terms of general views and willingness to vaccinate. per cent), very few people have received the double COVID-19 vaccine dose. THE LARGER TREND. per cent), Ireland (76.2 In Slovakia (45.7

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Northern Health to expand virtual ED access to COVID-19, aged care patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2022

Northern Health is expanding the access to its virtual emergency department service to people living in residential aged care facilities and COVID-19 patients being treated at home via the COVID-19 Positive Pathway Program. This week, COVID-19 cases in Victoria went above 10,000 with nearly 900 people hospitalised.

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New RSV vaccines can be powerful tools, but rollout poses test

Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Public health officials and drugmakers are trying to raise awareness of RSV among at-risk older adults — and convince them to get an additional respiratory shot alongside those for COVID-19 and flu.

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South Korea's smart hospital concept: A focus on patients' need and experience

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

For example, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there was an obvious focus on enabling telemedicine, implementing smart infection control, and ensuring efficient management of hospital resources at a smart hospital.

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DEA and HHS push off new telemedicine prescribing rules to end-of-year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 24, 2025

THE LARGER TREND Congress and telehealth industry groups have urged the DEA and HHS to jointly extend prescribing flexibilities allowed under the original COVID-19 public health emergency since it was initially set to expire.

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Penn Medicine CISO offers tips for COVID-19 cybersecurity response

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2020

Healthcare IT News spoke recently with Dan Costantino, Chief Information Security Officer at Penn Medicine, who offered some insights into how his infosec staff has adjusted its strategies to support the health system during the public health emergency.

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Breaking down barriers in patient-centered clinical research

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

While decentralized clinical trials began emerging before the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health crisis accelerated the trend.

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When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good

Bill of Health

MARCH 9, 2023

For example, public health officials at virtually every level have resisted implementation or reinstatement of mask mandates in part by arguing that either some percentage of the population will not mask or that mask mandates alone will be ineffective. Sound familiar? It’s one justification for pandemic policy inaction in a nutshell.

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Following decline, telehealth visits notched up 1.9% in November

Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Mental health conditions continued to dominate telehealth diagnoses last year as the federal government worked to protect telehealth provisions during the COVID-19 public health emergency now set to end.

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'Appropriate' transition period for COVID-19 test EUAs when public health emergency ends

DEA and HHS extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances through 2025

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Could Amtrak’s Quiet Car Be a Model for COVID-19 Travel Policies?

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Patient messages via Epic increased during COVID-19, raising burnout concerns

What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues

COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives, study calculates

Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond

Vaccine credentials enabling wider progress on public health interoperability

Blue Booking Long COVID: Accounting for Long-Term COVID-19 Complications in Social Security Disability Benefits Evaluations

Text messages move the needle on COVID-19 vaccinations

The Public Health Case Against Gas Appliances

Technology can help diagnose, contain COVID-19 – within limits

COVID-19 and the future of care delivery

How to apply for FCC's COVID-19 telehealth funding program

CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow

OCR will ease restrictions on telehealth tech during COVID-19

Queensland's Gold Coast Health deploys Rauland's Concierge platform to reduce contact in COVID-19 wards

Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation

Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

Eyeing Europe's COVID-19 resurgence, AHA asks HHS to renew public health emergency

Vast majority of specialists increased use of telehealth tech during COVID-19 pandemic

The Supreme Court’s Rulings on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Explained

House extends virtual care flexibilities beyond public health emergency

Reclaiming Salus Populi

COVID-19-triggered threat changes will linger beyond crisis, say most security pros

Millions of people counting on Congress to protect telehealth access

Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Future for Diagnostics

COVID-19: Acknowledging the need to adopt digital health in New Zealand

CMS launches Acute Hospital Care at Home program to help with COVID-19 surge

US health spending to surpass $7T by 2031, CMS actuaries say

ONC proposed rule targets interoperability for public health, payers

The public health emergency is over. Here’s why the government must prioritize funding for long COVID research.

Public Health Emergencies and Human Rights Principles: A Solidarity Approach

No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

French researchers reveal chatbot skills to override vaccine hesitancy

Northern Health to expand virtual ED access to COVID-19, aged care patients

New RSV vaccines can be powerful tools, but rollout poses test

South Korea's smart hospital concept: A focus on patients' need and experience

DEA and HHS push off new telemedicine prescribing rules to end-of-year

Penn Medicine CISO offers tips for COVID-19 cybersecurity response

Breaking down barriers in patient-centered clinical research

When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good

Following decline, telehealth visits notched up 1.9% in November

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