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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.

An investigation into the incident, now being handled by the Department of Justice, is reportedly trying to determine whether Gov. Tim Walz or Sen. J.D. Vance’s health records were shared as a result of the insider breaches.

AI tools can boost human efficiency to provide better patient care.

Prolonged understaffing in clinical laboratories threatens to compromise patient care, but deployment of automation and artificial intelligence technologies could offer a lifeline to burned out lab workers.

In a "tour de force" rulemaking, the agency has "harnessed all the tools at ONC's disposal" to advance HHS' nationwide interoperability and patient engagement goals, says National Coordinator Micky Tripathi.

Its new survey of inpatient purchasing finds Epic as the only vendor to increase its net market share in 2023 – gaining 153 new hospital clients and now covering more than half of acute care multispecialty beds nationwide.

Cleveland Clinic has named Sarah Hatchett as its new senior vice president and chief information officer.

WHY IT MATTERS
Hatchett had served as interim chief information officer at Cleveland Clinic since August 2023, when the health system's then-CIO Matthew Kull left for Inova Health System.

To gain insights into population health risks from aggregated data across multiple systems, the Electronic Health Record Association asks CMS to ensure risk standards are well defined under IPPS before expanding domain capture requirements.

The IT developer says its latest update gives specialty providers, including women's health practices and urgent care centers, the ability to configure electronic health records to their specific needs, reducing administrative burdens. 

The new Office of Management and Budget policies will require "concrete safeguards" around the transparent and responsible use of artificial intelligence across government – including at the CDC, VA hospitals and other federal sites.