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This week's top stories include two digital health titans merging under the Teladoc name, CMS proposing telehealth changes under Trump's executive order, and dispatches from the Taskforce of Telehealth Policy's virtual town hall.

HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Charles Alessi discusses the factors that are helping countries from around the globe succeed in managing the coronavirus.

Prioritize IT solutions that make the management of infected people and contacts more efficient before the next wave hits.

Brett Furst, president of the HHS Technology Group, says the COVID-19 pandemic provides a "perfect example" for why the distributed ledger technology was invented.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the healthcare industry at FutureMed 2020.

This week's top stories include Ro and Hims looking to score significant funding, while the healthcare industry seeks more funds to make up for lost revenue due to the pandemic.

DEEP DIVE: Technology can enhance empathy to spur appropriate action and address issues of equity and disparity.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, data may be harder to come by because patients may not be seeking in-person care, says Michael Gleeson, chief innovation and strategy officer at Arcadia.

CEO Neil de Crescenzo says Change Healthcare, which has seen some big changes in the year since its IPO, says, has been tailoring its technologies to help payers, providers and patients during the pandemic.

This week's top stories include hospitals scrambling to comply with the requirement to submit data to HHS, and Google and Apple's contact tracing app leaving the door open for tracking user locations.