COVID-19

Jan Kimpen, chief medical officer at Philips, says younger healthcare professionals and the impact of COVID-19 are the focuses of the latest "Future Health Index" survey, which offers a vision into the potential of digital transformation.

Dr. Amy Abernethy, principal deputy commissioner at the U.S. FDA, discusses the FDA's role in balancing innovation, regulation and safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

Managing the whole population during the COVID-19 crisis is posing challenges, so we should share our learning, says Päivi Sillanaukee, ambassador for Health and Wellbeing of Finland and director-general of the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

The public can use search functions to find telehealth options, says Dr. Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer for Google Health.

This week's top stories include a California law mandating a 45-day supply of PPE, GoodRX going public, and healthcare execs naming telehealth as their top COVID-19 tech problem.

IntelyCare CEO David Coppins says hospitals got resources first while post-acute care executives maxed out credit cards buying PPE and staff wore garbage sacks for gowns.

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold describes Israel's shift from military defense to pathogen protection in response to COVID-19.

This week's top stories include the VA giving scheduling technology a test run, a requirement that nursing homes test their staffs for COVID-19 and Amwell getting a $100 million funding boost from Google Cloud.

Experts at FutureMed 2020 say remote care automation and predictive triage can help patients get the care they need safely and efficiently.

There are cures for physicians overwhelmed by electronic health record systems, says Dr. Jay Anders, chief medical officer at Medicomp Systems.