The pandemic accelerated adoption of telehealth, remote monitoring and digital health capabilities by nearly a decade for some organizations.

Digital health deals and activities have seen a lot of traction recently in response to accelerated telehealth adoption and usage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New digital health technologies and increased awareness about public health due to the COVID-19 pandemic may pave the way for a fundamental shift in healthcare data privacy, according to The Wall Street Journal.

NYU Langone Health and NYU Long Island School of Medicine released a new template on Sept. 10 to assist providers with assessing and triaging patients who may have COVID-19.

While the COVID-19 pandemic reduced structural and policy barriers for telehealth, certain aspects of virtual care, such as payment reimbursement, still need to be updated, according to a Sept. 9 Health Affairs viewpoint article.

Rapid technology advancement and adoption during the pandemic and consumer expectations will shape healthcare delivery over the next five years.

A Kentucky county public health department has stopped posting daily coronavirus updates on its Facebook page after receiving threats and offensive comments on the updates, according to a report from the Lexington Herald Leader.

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System was among the thousands of organizations affected by a cyberattack on Blackbaud, which stores donor information.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington unveiled its new healthcare plan for virtual care on Sept. 10. 

Local newspapers and news outlets in California formed a partnership to gather COVID-19 data and report on the virus spread outside of the state health department's efforts, according to the Los Angeles Times.