The first year of COVID-19 dinged operating margins but government money helped hospitals maintain their profit margins, research shows.

Bakul Patel will serve as a senior director at the technology giant. He will focus on global digital health strategy and regulatory affairs.

Dr. Denise Basow, chief digital officer at Ochsner Health, spoke with Digital Health Business & Technology about using technology to improve Louisiana’s health rankings, buy vs. build decision making and more. 

The U.S. government has agreed to put licenses for 11 medical technologies developed at the NIH into a "patent pool" designed to help low- and middle-income countries access the tech.