Health & Human Services
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Multiple hospitals in rural Minnesota are reporting that Medicare is incorrectly rejecting claims for patient care due to a problem that appears to be related to a system put in place last year. -
The state is modernizing a legacy mainframe, working with federal counterparts and participating in the Child Welfare Technology Incubator initiative from the Administration for Children and Families.
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The hand-held, artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiogram, or ECG for short, has the ability to process the data as well as the larger machines that the paramedics have in their toolbox.
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In a state where law mandates public access to government meetings, at a time when the governor has banned large gatherings of people, agencies that must go on governing are increasingly turning to tech.
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Meetings held via Zoom or similar videoconferencing services are becoming the new normal as towns and cities across Maine adjust to doing necessary municipal business in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The New York State Senate over the weekend approved a resolution allowing senators to participate in sessions by "remote means," including teleconferencing and videoconferencing as necessary.
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Cape Fear Valley Health system created an automated screening tool for residents who believe they may be experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus. The tool is a “conversational-style bot."
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The World Health Organization was the target of an unsuccessful cyberattack earlier this month, with hackers trying to steal passwords from agency staffers. Officials say attack attempts have more than doubled in recent weeks.
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Telehealth is expanding in rural parts of New York to assist patients who have less access to health care than other more affluent cities and suburbs. Telemedicine aims to address the problem of medical deserts.
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Controversies over grading are roiling universities and colleges across the country, as the coronavirus outbreak prompted them to shift to online learning and send most students home to disparate circumstances.
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The challenge for many officials during this pandemic is that they are operating in largely uncharted territory in regard to Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act, which requires meetings to be open to the public.
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As COVID-19 spreads across the world, a new virus is brewing and spreading like wildfire. From miraculous cures to paranoid conspiracies, misinformation about the coronavirus has been going viral at a disturbing rate.
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West Virginia health officials have warned the federal government that if telehealth requirements for Medicare patients aren’t waived, elderly rural patients will be at a higher risk of exposing themselves to COVID-19.
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Plus, Bloomberg expands the COVID-19 Local Response Initiative to help communities receiving federal aid, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation launches a new coronavirus resource site, and more.
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Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are poised to pass historic legislation to help nurse the country through the economic woes related to the coronavirus pandemic. Here are the technology implications.
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Effective this week, the United States Department of Agriculture and the Kansas State Agency have waived the physical presence requirements for some counties' Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Programs.
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According to a new report from Duke University’s Center on Science and Technology Policy, online platforms hold a gold mine of data that could help digital epidemiologists track the coronavirus more accurately.
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The spread of the coronavirus has created unprecedented problems for Congress as it confronts how to conduct legislative business after the infection of several members.
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With a national health emergency of unprecedented proportions, the public can expect access to info needed to protect the community. But when pressed for some information, officials can cite federal privacy protections.
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Organizers say that the project has already fielded inquiries from more than 1,000 volunteer technologists who are interested in helping local, state and county governments respond to the crisis.
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In Washington state, library systems are focusing their efforts on digital services — especially for homeschooling — as the COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, pandemic forces schools and libraries to close.
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