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HHS strategic advisor Amy Gleason said CMS wants patients to have the ability to scan a QR code at the doctor's office and share their medical history.

At an event outside JPM, which included a representative from HHS, panelists discussed the government's role in advancing AI and the evolving healthcare landscape as a new administration transitions into power.

The medtech giant signed a contract with BARDA to devise AI-enabled ultrasound technology that helps clinicians triage and diagnose lung pathology and traumatic injury.

Public feedback reveals innovations and market opportunities for improved chronic disease care management in the older adult patient population.

Users can tap into text, website or phone-based services. 

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.

Also: Cleo names three new leadership positions. 

This week's top stories include Under Armour divesting itself of two-thirds of a fitness app portfolio it spent big on in 2015, HHS unveiling its Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and CMS approving a Georgia waiver for a non-ACA marketplace.

The San Diego startup will deliver six million rapid molecular test kits to the government by March 2021. 

This week's top stories include HHS requiring hospitals to report flu data, Americans wanting mental healthcare via telehealth, and Clover Health joining the public market by merging with Social Capital SPAC.