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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.

Robert Slepin, who has decades of experience as a health IT leader, offers his considered insights about the art and science of change management – helping health system C-suite and IT execs manage the demands of a fast-changing future.

The focus will be on ensuring rural communities have access to primary care, emergency services and specialty care.

Asan Medical Center has saved 10,587 staff hours and over 315 million won in operational costs through RPA.

The global IT outage on July 19 was a catastrophe of cinematic proportions, said the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, but the cybersecurity giant insists new and revised procedures would now catch any similar mistake before it's pushed out. 

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.

One CTO’s biggest takeaways from HIMSS’ AI in Healthcare Forum.

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."

They also feel the support provided by their healthcare organizations has either worsened or remained stagnant in the past year, according to a new Talkdesk survey. Can artificial intelligence help?