Government & Policy

While more countries are considering implementing a national EMR, they remain on the fence given its cost, notes TPP founder and CEO Frank Hester.

"We've got to be able to do something to incent those smaller community hospitals," says Wes Wright, chief healthcare officer of Ordr, because they cannot afford to protect the large electronic attack surfaces created with meaningful use requirements.

HHS is proposing expensive new disincentives to prevent information blocking. There are significant details to be aware of, especially around a list of enumerated exceptions – and HCOs must work quickly to understand them, data privacy experts say.

It will enable community pharmacists to prescribe medications.

Changes would increase incentives to engage the American Indian and Alaska Native population, whose communities have been underserved.

Using a census-based survey index that captures population-level socioeconomic risk for health disparities, researchers found that hospitals serving marginalized populations were 21% less likely to engage in interoperable data exchange than the rest.

Local health officials have pointed out the poor health IT infrastructure that hinders the broad uptake of EMR.

They will also collaborate on building cybersecurity resilience and workforce development.

In a 10-year contract worth as much as $2.5 billion, Indian Health Service will replace its VistA-based patient management system with Oracle technology, to be implemented and maintained by General Dynamics IT.

Network-as-a-Service architecture at Palo Alto Healthcare System will increase veterans' access to virtual care services by bringing 4G or 5G cellular and LEO satellite connectivity to those living in broadband deserts.