Tasmania expands virtual care servicesTasmania’s Department of Health has expanded the coverage of its virtual care program.
According to a media release, the Care@home service’s Acute Virtual Monitoring Program will now cover additional short-term conditions…
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a dramatic agency transformation on Thursday, that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said will streamline operations by consolidating 28 divisions into 15 and reducing regional…
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has stated in today’s Spring Budget that the abolishment of NHS England “ensures that that money goes directly to improving the service for patients”.
Speaking in the House of Commons on 26…
The Australian government has invested A$228.7 million ($144 million) more to modernise the national digital health record. In its 2025-2026 budget statement, the Department of Health and Aged Care emphasised that one of its priorities is to “continue modernising…
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The Trump Administration on Monday named a new nominee to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, following the withdrawal of its previous candidate, Dr. David Weldon.Susan Coller Monarez currently serves as…
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services will delay the effective date of two final rules that were expected to go into effect on Friday, March 21. By extending…
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The National Health Service of England will no longer be an independent organization supported by the British government. By slashing duplication, the Department of Health and Social Care said it will reduce unnecessary administrative…
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The government’s announcement that NHS England will be abolished has sent shock waves across the digital health community.
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said on 13 March 2025 that the management of the NHS would be…
The Rise of Healthcare Cyber Threats
Over the past decade, cybersecurity breaches have dramatically increased across industries, with healthcare becoming a primary target. The devastating attack on Change Healthcare served as a crucial wake-up call…
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to bring NHS England back into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) with the aim of ending the duplication resulting from two organisations doing…
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