Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT and eHealth news for the week ending February 18:
FDA’s Scott Gottlieb wants to use funding boost to create a Center of Excellence on Digital Health
FierceHeatlhcare ~ Evan Sweeney ~ 15/02/2018
The Food and Drug Administration plans to use a proposed $400 million boost in federal funding to focus on a range of innovative approaches to speed the approval of new medical devices and create a new center that would support digital health oversight and address cybersecurity concerns.
Blockchain not a panacea for managing health records, fed expert says
Health Data Management ~ Greg Slabodkin ~ 15/02/2018
While blockchain has a number of potentially promising healthcare applications, including the management of electronic health records, the technology has certain pitfalls that may inhibit its utility.
