The bipartisan Telehealth Expansion Act, making specific COVID-19-era telehealth provisions permanent, would cost $5 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office, The Hill reported June 27.

General Catalyst co-led a $1.6 million pre-seed investment for Berry Health, a company working to democratize healthcare in Africa. 

Eight-eight percent of U.S. physicians said telemedicine has been a vital tool in helping patients access healthcare, particularly in patient populations that have historically faced barriers to care, according to a June 29 report from digital healthcare platform Doximity. 

Generative artificial intelligence, virtual nursing and remote patient monitoring were among the biggest digital health trends of the first half of 2023, health system digital chiefs told Becker's.

HHS' Office for Civil Rights reached a settlement with iHealth Solutions, a software and services provider for healthcare providers based in Louisville, Ky., regarding violations of HIPAA privacy and security rules.

The Health and Human Services Department finalized a new rule stating health tech firms that hoard patient data could face large penalties, according to a June 28 report from Politico. 

Stafford (Va.) Hospital is starting to see results from virtual nursing after implementing the program last month, The Free Lance-Star reported June 28.

For ChatGPT to become revolutionary in the healthcare industry, agencies need to create regulatory standards and guidelines for the use of AI models in medicine, as well as ensure that the models are trained on non-biased data, according to a…

EHR giant Epic completed the first EHR to EHR exchange of structured genomic data, according to Catherine Procknow, a senior software developer at Epic specializing in genomics, GenomeWeb reported June 28.

Cleveland Clinic's new $80 million hospital in Mentor, Ohio, will have telehealth technology installed in inpatient and outpatient rooms, which will allow patients to consult remotely with physicians from different locations, Ideastream Public Media reported June 28.