Government & Policy

Both electronic health record vendors have made open API code available to their health system clients that enables them to coordinate with the VA when treating veterans who have sought care at community providers.

Petra Wilson, HIMSS senior advisor, European health policy and EU affairs, says digital health projects should find synergies with each other and build user trust to ensure sustainability after funding programs end.

To effectively share data with patients, hospitals and health systems must build a tech foundation centered on interoperability, driven by rigorous data standardization and secure exchanges – and the adoption of HL7's FHIR.

A week of discussion spearheaded by the patient advocate group aims to highlight the risks of harm from unauthorized access to healthcare information over the internet. There should be "no aggregation without representation," its leaders say.

Also, the South Korean government is deploying AI to check on solo-living seniors during the upcoming holidays.

Without policy changes, the DEA could curtail current controlled substance prescribing allowances by the end of the year – a "predictable and preventable crisis," says the American Telemedicine Association.

The National Medical Register streamlines access to updated information on registered doctors in the country.

It is currently seeking telehealth providers to support this project.

Consultant Matt Wolf says that, despite telehealth staying in the spotlight since the pandemic, it faces some setbacks that could limit lasting success. Incentivizing better patient outcomes could help virtual care make more economic sense.

Also, the Australian government has invested $6 million in four national health data projects.