Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending October 28: Trump signs opioid bill, HIMSS infrastructure adoption model, NHS digital test beds, blockchain use cases, patient-reported outcomes, integrating Choosing Wisely into EMRs, making FHIR a requirement
Trump approves opioid package, expands telemedicine, regulates e-prescribing for opioids
MobiHealthNews ~ Laura Lovett ~ 25/10/2018
In one of the few and far between bipartisan bills to be passed during this administration, President Donald Trump signed into law yesterday a new package aimed to help tackle the opioid epidemic, called the Support for Patients and Communities Act.