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HARRISBURG, PA — Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, cost, access, and equity warning signs already existed in Pennsylvania’s health care system. One in two Pennsylvanians find it hard to pay their medical bills, and the commonwealth’s health care costs have …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its fourteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the agency’s first Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan. This action plan describes a …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has awarded $8 million to fund the Telehealth Broadband Pilot …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued guidance on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Veterans using the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) VA Video Connect app on their mobile phones through AT&T’s cellular network will no longer incur data charges when using this video …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act …
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WEAT READING, PA — Tower Health announced that it has earned 2020 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition achieving Digital Health Certification Level 7 for both the Acute and Ambulatory settings. The …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine is sharing critical questions for Pennsylvanians to ask their health care providers so they improve their health literacy, or understanding health …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it has completed transferring patient data into its new electronic health record (EHR) solution in preparation for the system’s …
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