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The authors further found that a majority of hospitals are now using standalone telemedicine products rather than those that are part of their EHR.

Covid Drugs

The FDA has revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 hospital patients, determining that the controversial drug was “unlikely to be effective in treating COVID-19.”

It will be more than a year for the U.S. healthcare industry to return to normal, with physicians expecting the new normal to be sometime around August 2021—once a vaccine for COVID-19 has been distributed.

The rule eliminates provisions of a 2016 rule from the Obama administration that attempted to protect trans patients from discrimination.

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Researchers have successfully piloted the use of augmented reality for guiding tumor ablation, completing the treatment in five patients with cancers of the liver.

COVID-19

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) and White House Advisor Anthony Fauci, MD, delved into the recent confusion about the rate of COVID-19 transmission from those who may be asymptomatic.

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Clinlab.AI will oversee every aspect of this new-look laboratory, working to integrate it with the practice's workflows in a way that boosts patient care and speeds up treatment decisions.