COVID-19 Updates

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COVID-19 Updates Channel on HIMSS TV

Watch interviews with thought leaders, innovators, frontline providers and many others to get unique insights into the global pandemic and its lasting effects and how the industry is moving forward with lessons learned.

Extinguish Physician and Nurse Burnout: How Health IT Can Help Clinicians Love Their Jobs Again

Special Report: Burnout in the Age of COVID-19

This collection of feature stories dig deep into the causes of burnout for employees across healthcare during the COVID-19 crisis. CIOs, clinicians, IT developers, patients and others offer advice on how to combat the stressors that lead to burnout – and describe how technology can both hurt and help during this stressful time.

January 13, 2021

Supreme Court rejects using telehealth for abortion

January 12, 2021

Operations

Parkland Health and Hospital System turns to online staff training

January 12, 2021

Strategic Planning

Telehealth flexibilities continue and ACOs are held harmless under public health emergency extension

January 12, 2021

HHS launches COVID-19 antibody treatment locator tool

January 11, 2021

UK health tech company Vatic launches on-the-spot COVID-19 saliva test

January 11, 2021

HHS extends COVID-19 public health emergency declaration until April

January 11, 2021

COVID-19 forced psychiatric care online, and patients want it to stay

January 11, 2021

Analytics

Brigham and Women's and Biofourmis codevelop home hospital technology

January 11, 2021

Israel to share data with Pfizer in exchange for COVID-19 vaccine doses

January 8, 2021

Operations

HHS releases $22 billion for testing and vaccinations

January 8, 2021

Strategic Planning

AHA urges HHS to better coordinate COVID-19 vaccine rollout

January 8, 2021

COVID-19 test management software launches for UK schools