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When eHealth goes viral: The strengths and weaknesses of health tech during COVID-19

Digital Leaders HealthTech

As the world slows down, the demand for eHealth is going viral; and it is happening fast and globally. Digital solutions, such as telemedicine and online crowdsourced health monitoring, are quickly shifting from a previously slow adoption path to a record pace of uptake. Medical distancing. elderly) unaccounted for.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . Key QHIN selection considerations for federal agencies and state and regional exchanges around control, innovation and flexibility.

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

USCDI v3 includes updates to prior USCDI versions focused on advancing more accurate and complete patient characteristics data that could help promote equity, reduce disparities, and support public health data interoperability.

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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

All targets related to the three health-MDGs were met, with a notable success in reduction of child mortality and considerable improvements in maternal health. "Rwanda’s "Rwanda’s eHealth Strategic Plan for 2016–2020 is the key driver to economic growth and to improving the lives of people.

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CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients

CMS.gov

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. At CMS we are putting patients first, and we are moving to break down silos of patient information that is being captured by the system, and depriving the patient the access to the best quality, and most affordable care. Mohanraj.Balas…. Thu, 07/19/2018 - 00:03. Seema Verma.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

states expanding access to these methods for the 2020 election, where these options have been made available due to the pandemic and electoral leadership throughout the U.S. concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19. He was the first person to speak to me about “health citizenship.”. In the U.S.,

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