Government & Policy

The next priority in Turkey's drive to improve patient care, support clinical staff and pursue digital maturity is artificial intelligence, says Dr. Şuayip Birinci, the country's deputy minister of health.

The nine National Health IT Priorities for Research are meant set an agenda that will enable medical research to happen more quickly and effectively, officials say.

Data protection and usage in the electronic patient record (EPR) will be regulated by the new act, which received both criticism and praise.

Its Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs aims to make changes that allow providers to focus on patients.

Priit Tohver, advisor for e-Services innovation at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia, speaks to Healthcare IT News ahead of HIMSS20.

Bruno Bruins to present a bill requiring hospitals and clinics in the Netherlands to enable digital data exchange.

Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), says the future will see the rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree.

Remaining tasks include additional development of interfaces between the existing EHR, Cerner’s platform and the general IT infrastructure of the VA, which could run through the end of April, according to a news report.

Healthcare providers and device manufacturers are both responsible for putting mitigations in place to address patient safety risks, says FDA's Suzanne Schwartz.

Kalle Killar, deputy secretary general at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia, says that citizens have full access to how their data is used in managing their healthcare which helps ensure trust remains high between the stakeholders.