Government & Policy

HIT professional reviews information on a laptop outside a server room
By Andrea Fox 10:41 am November 13, 2024
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response will be surveying agencies to assess the readiness of state, local, tribal and territorial public health organizations to manage cyber threats and gauge their needs for support.
Returning service member with daughter
By Andrea Fox 03:33 pm November 11, 2024
The new Veterans Community will support veteran workforce development and transition to civilian life for former members of any branch of the U.S. military and their spouses.
Person on laptop at kitchen table with another who holds up prescription bottle for telehealth doctor
By Andrea Fox 10:48 am November 11, 2024
The group expects support for virtual care to continue after the 2024 election, but urges action as soon as possible to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities past the end of the year.
A doctor in a virtual consultation with a patient
By Adam Ang 11:10 pm November 10, 2024
It will likely adopt the standards of Chinese insurer Ping An for its online family doctor contract service.
Donald Trump
By Susan Morse 04:38 pm November 07, 2024
The expectation is for a new Congress to create policy around AI and cybersecurity, says Tom Leary of HIMSS.
A doctor reviewing a patient's file on a desktop computer
By Adam Ang 10:23 pm November 06, 2024
This follows an audit report that flagged its "partly effective" management of its contract outsourcing the operation of the digital health record system.
Lynn Carroll of HSBlox
By Bill Siwicki 12:26 pm November 06, 2024
Why are the two often so disconnected? And what role can technology play in integrating them? A new CMS accountable care program aims to drive progress, and one expert explains what it means for providers.
Abstract of lines connected in a mesh over a map of the U.S.
By Andrea Fox 10:32 am November 05, 2024
New data elements related to social drivers of health, such as referrals to social services, improve standards-based information exchange with electronic health records, it says. 
Hands use a Medtronic device on a patient's hand to aid in testing pulse oximetry quality
By Andrea Fox 01:39 pm October 30, 2024
The medtech company says it is the only manufacturer of FDA-approved pulse oximeters to have reached an agreement in a lawsuit against many over the devices' notoriously higher rates of error for people with darker skin.
Oracle booth
By Andrea Fox 05:03 pm October 28, 2024
EHR customers could take part in the direct sharing of health information – including X-rays and MRIs – between providers, payers, government agencies and others under the TEFCA nationwide interoperability framework.