Government & Policy
To prevent healthcare cyberattacks and their damage to the American public, lawmakers propose mandatory cybersecurity requirements and penalties, which include jail time for executives who lie about cyber hygiene.
The commission is expected to codify a rule next month that requires cellular carriers to georoute wireless 988 calls to the closest national service provider, better connecting callers in crisis to local suicide prevention and care services, HHS said.
Also, Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand is set to launch a national programme ensuring cancer therapy adherence.
So says a new OIG audit, which found the VA and Oracle Health have been misaligned in their responses to outages throughout Electronic Health Record Modernization. While the agency has made procedural improvements, it needs to go further, auditors say.
The aim is to bolster more consistent use of the HL7 interoperability standard across HHS, says the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, and help "break down the silos separating patients, providers, payers, public health and research."
This comes as the government outlined a four-year national medical AI research and development roadmap.
This includes a benchmarking platform for validating healthcare AI models.
Despite a greater ability for healthcare entities to challenge regulatory decrees in court, increased litigation could result in unfavorable court decisions that are harder to fix, healthcare attorneys say.
Confusion around CMS' final rules has been a challenge, yet the industry continues to advance seamless data exchange.
The investigation, billed as the first of its kind, had alleged that Dallas-based Piece Technologies made "deceptive claims" about the accuracy of its artificial intelligence products, which are deployed at several hospitals in the Lone Star State.
