Governments and private companies are ramping up efforts to create “vaccine passports” that could potentially give a big boost to reopening air travel and businesses around the world. But critics are concerned that vaccine passports will lead to privacy violations and discrimination. For example, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is dismissive of the idea… Read More »
The size, scope and rapidity of new telehealth and remote patient monitoring rollouts since the onset of the coronavirus crisis has been remarkable. Hospitals and practices that had never before deployed virtual-care tools learned quickly how to integrate them. Those that had experience saw massive increases in the number of video visits. But if telehealth… Read More »
The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More »