Government & Policy

Toni Suihko, CIO at South Karelia Social and Health Care District, says integrating data is at the heart of digital transformation in healthcare.

Mikko Vasama, general manager of Health Systems Nordics at Philips, says training, education and access to technology for patients are imperative, especially when working within a publicly funded healthcare system.

Digital transformation has to be at the core of business, policy and strategy, argues Dr Sam Shah, NHS England director of digital development.

A quick look back at the competing specs for clinical coding and data exchange gives a glimpse of the some of the challenges still ongoing today.

The FDA has posted pre- and post-market cyber guidelines for medical devices to eliminate confusion around security, says MITRE Senior Principal Cybersecurity Engineer Margie Zuk.

Defense Healthcare Management Systems' Stacy Cummings and the DHA's Major General Lee Payne and Pat Flanders discuss the giant change management problem and infrastructure needs for an enterprise EHR implementation.   

HIMSS Vice President Tom Leary details how policy changes are advancing interoperability and offers insight into information blocking, innovation and potential changes to HIPAA.

The government has put in place an AI strategy to improve outcome for patients and clinical staff, says His Excellency Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services at Ministry of Health & Prevention in the UAE.

Angelique Carson, editor of The Privacy Advisor at IAPP, says that despite the moaning and groaning leading up to the General Data Protection Regulation, now that it's in place EU citizens are better protected.

Maggie Brunner, program director of Cybersecurity, Emergency Communications & Technology with the National Governors Association, discusses trends in state security, compliance and strategies.