Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending March 15: NHS GPs encouraged to triage appointments by telehealth, US data sharing rules, flu vaccine sharing, daft digital health definition, opt-out organ donation, Epic v Cerner on interoperability rules, NHS-approved messaging app, WeDoctor float, online triage, autonomous monitoring at Texas hospitals
GPs urged to go digital to prevent spread of coronavirus
Digital Health News ~ Andrea Downey ~ 10/03/2020
To mitigate any risk that potentially infected patients book appointments online and attend the practice when they should be receiving advice to self-isolate or go through testing, all practices are now being advised to change face-to-face appointments booked online to triage appointments via telephone or video.
HHS releases final data sharing rules
Information Security Media Group ~ Marianne Kolbasuk McGee ~ 09/03/2020
The rule is "unprecedented" in providing patients with "safe and secure" access to their health information using their smartphones, said ONC leader Don Rucker, M.D.
