Kat Jercich

A new study examined past vaccine uptake rates for flu and H1N1, and found that inoculation efforts fell short. The feds must help bridge that gap, "particularly for high-risk populations and communities of color," said former ONC chief David Blumenthal.

Although the American Telemedicine Association commended the agency's moves to expand some services, it urged CMS to reconsider its approach to remote patient monitoring.

The pandemic has proven that it's possible to innovate quickly in the face of crisis. Now it's time to keep that momentum going.  

TechCrunch reports that the EHR and practice management vendor left sensitive patient information unencrypted and vulnerable to exposure on a Microsoft Azure-hosted server.

Biased algorithms are bad for patients – but with more awareness of potential AI disparities, experts say there's reason for optimism.

At the HIMSS Machine Learning and AI for Healthcare Digital Summit, experts said effective data governance requires visibility and clear ownership.

A new Science report highlights inconsistencies between HHS Protect's information and that from other sources, such as state public health agencies.

A recent JAMIA study found that Epic, Cerner and Allscripts make EHR use measures available in a platform to clients – but athenahealth, eClinicalWorks and NextGen have not.

Introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho, the bipartisan legislation would make funding from the Bureau of Health Workforce conditional on adopting the compact within three years.