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Regulatory

HHS declares public health emergency in the wake of Hurricane Harvey

August 29, 2017

Via: HealthcareITnews

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service has declared a public health emergency in the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation in Texas. The agency will give providers greater flexibility in treating patients in emergency situations, as many Medicare beneficiaries […]


Innovation, Med Tech

VirtuMedix bets telehealth can improve emergency medicine

February 19, 2016

Via: HealthcareITnews

EMS physicians, for example, can use telemedicine technologies to give patients the ability to access provider organizations in an on-demand fashion, according to VirtuMedix group vice president Kannan Sreedhar. On the other side, patients can enter e-mails or mobile numbers […]