Government & Policy
The president-elect says RFK Jr. will help protect Americans from "pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives."
In a letter to the FDA, members of Congress cite confusion over providers' deployment of clinical decision support software that is exempt from medical device regulations and call for clarity from its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees three areas of concern as artificial intelligence is used across critical infrastructure sectors: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems and design, and implementation failures.
The agency is proposing telehealth access grants to establish fixed, secure environments outfitted with reliable internet and secure video that connect veterans hobbled by the digital divide to health services.
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.
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.
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.
It will likely adopt the standards of Chinese insurer Ping An for its online family doctor contract service.
The expectation is for a new Congress to create policy around AI and cybersecurity, says Tom Leary of HIMSS.
