The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, has announced more than $413 million in Provider Relief Fund payments is going to more than 3,600 providers across the country. 

Moderna said it’s planning to submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6 years old, part of a push to inoculate the 18 million American children under 5 who are not yet eligible for vaccination – the last group to await eligibility.

Telehealth was a critical lifeline for people in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, though this was especially true for Medicare beneficiaries, with more than 28 million beneficiaries using virtual health services during the first year of the public-health emergency, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of […]

The use of algorithms has saved lives at the University of Missouri Health Care. The health system put in place an early-warning system tied to the EHR to alert rapid-response teams of a patient’s risk for developing sepsis, a life-threatening infection.

Telehealth technology has been cited for its convenience, especially when usage skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are also frustrations, according to recently released UnitedHealth Group research.

During HIMSS22, Philips gave its top predictions for the future of healthcare systems over the next three years based on labor market trends and the expansion of hospital-at-home services. Roy Jakobs, chief business leader of Connected Care at Philips, offered the following predictions:

The Department of Health and Human Services is establishing a number of grant programs, encompassing $43.7 million worth of funding, that are intended to strengthen mental health and substance use services for those with HIV and AIDS.