Regulation

This week's top stories include the Patient ID Now coalition pushing for a national patient ID strategy, President Biden looking to lower ACA premiums and drug costs, and Accolade moving into the telemedicine space with PlushCare acquisition.

This week's top stories include the Peloton Tread+ coming under fire, nurses giving EHR usability an "F" and HHS vowing to tackle racism as a serious public health threat.

AliveCor asserts that Apple knowingly copied its patented technology in an effort to squash it as a market competitor.   

Peloton fights back against the CPSC warning, calling it "inaccurate and misleading." 

The tech is able to give surgeons real-time intraoperative visual data. 

As indicated by the FDA, the system can estimate pulse rate, heart rate, respiratory rate and/or breathing rates.   

The company landed a 510(k) for its single-source digital X-ray Nanox.ARC, and said more clearances are in the pipeline. 

Hayat-Vax is a joint collaboration between Sinopharm CNBG and Abu Dhabi’s G42. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing app will now also function as a national vaccine registry.

Concerns raised that EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation could lead to delays in market approval. 

The Oxehealth Vital Signs system is installed in a patient's hospital room, where it can spot-measure pulse, heart, respiratory and breathing rates with no physical contact.