Government & Policy

The Department of Veterans Affairs will extend the contract for the electronic health record modernization first launched seven years ago, even in the face of implementation challenges and more Congressional scrutiny.

The AHA and National Rural Health Association are also onboard for the initiative, which will offer grants, free endpoint security advice and other resources for critical access and emergency hospitals.

India's Armed Forces Medical Services is exploring the use of emerging technologies with partners in local universities and the government.

Oscar Alleyne, managing director of the public health division, discusses the value of public and private partnerships and describes what its federally funded research and development centers do to help organizations plan for the next pandemic. 

Using the FHIR standard can help organizations like the VA connect rapidly to drug data, which paves the way for real-time surveillance that improves patient safety and identifies adverse events tied to medication.

Sean Sullivan, a partner at Alston & Bird, predicts more clarity on reasonable fees and exceptions, details on sensitive information sharing, and rules about public health IT certification in revised interoperability rules that may drop in June.  

Administrative AI use brings significant business impact with minimal risk.

Rural hospitals bear the brunt of relentless ransomware attacks and face the greatest risk for patients with no nearby alternatives for lifesaving care. Government, Congress and industry must act, a new report says.

Fauci denies allegations he was involved in some sort of conspiracy at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

While UnitedHealth has yet to file a data breach report with HHS, covered entities can delegate the job of notifying patients that their healthcare data was exposed in the crippling ransomware attack to the UHG subsidiary.