Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending April 19: Covid-19 effect on UK primary care, Canada pays EMR vendors to upscale, vendor-agnostic ICU solution for Covid-19, teledentistry, malware trifecta, Tricorder app, virus boost for telehealth uptake, aged care links to ED by VC, Attend Anywhere rapid deployment, consumers keen on virtual care, everyone is building contact tracing apps
The month primary care went remote due to Covid-19
Digital Health News ~ Jon Hoeksma ~ 15/04/2020
The Covid-19 crisis has, in a few short weeks, led to the most dramatic transformation of primary care services ever seen, with most consultations moved to remote and virtual to comply with social distancing.
Virtual acceleration program for EMR vendors
Canadian Healthcare Technology ~ Staff writer ~ 15/04/2020
The Infoway EMR-Virtual Care Investment initiative will provide participating EMR vendors with financial support to rapidly integrate or scale existing virtual care technologies to meet the growing demand during the pandemic when Canadians are encouraged to observe physical distancing.
