Digital Health Briefs: Congressional Efforts; Budget Request; FCC Task Force
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
House committee will meet to potentially revise the SOFTWARE Act. Obama’s budget requests invests in health IT. FCC launches wireless health task force. More digital health briefs.
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