Government & Policy

The physician and software engineer will hold dual titles as Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

The technology, which has been deployed ahead of schedule after an "aggressive timeline to scale AI agency-wide," is meant to boost productivity for clinical protocol reviews, scientific evaluations and more.

More than half say that they're missing opportunities because they can't make decisions quickly enough.

America spends nearly one-third of the federal budget on healthcare, but life expectancy has declined and chronic disease is on the rise.

HHS Office for Civil Rights says a malicious insider exploited a vulnerability at BayCare Health System that offered "unrestricted access to patient health information."

Also, the Victorian government has announced over $280 million in funding to make its virtual emergency department permanent.

Reimbursement rules vary across the EU, slowing widespread adoption of digital therapeutics, though early frameworks in Germany and France are good foundations for future harmonisation and scale, says Louisa Stüwe from the French Ministry of Health.

The European Health Data Space marks a major milestone in EU-wide health data sharing, aiming to empower citizens and enable secure, interoperable digital healthcare.

Matthew McCay, MultiCare Health System's veteran advocacy manager, and Epic's Brett Barker explain how an API enables doctors at the POC to identify more veteran patients, rectify medication lists and refer them to Veterans Affairs' services.

The ride-sharing company's Veterans Health Administration–Uber Health Connect (VUHC) Initiative aims to improve veterans' access to care via the Veterans Transportation Program. Zach Clark, global head of Uber Health, explains.