Government & Policy

A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced the updated 2023 version of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act. A companion bill was introduced in the House.

 Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld sworn in as the first openly gay person to serve as AMA president.

To help payers and providers manage the social determinant factors of value-based care, the company will deliver groceries and medications that healthcare coordinators order for patients.

They say a vulnerability in MOVEit, a managed file transfer product from Progress Software that provides automated high-volume, HIPAA- and GDPR-compliant transfers, could leave hospitals or healthcare organizations at risk.

Collaboration is key for the National Indian Health Board as it becomes part of the HIMSS community and looks to expand beyond its networks, says A.C. Locklear, the board's federal relations director.

Representatives from WHO European region member countries gathered to assess their digital health journeys at the HIMSS23 European Health Conference and Exhibition.

Kurt DelBene spoke this week about how small contractors can get up to bat for more Veterans Affairs IT projects, and discussed how too much parsing on major federal initiatives – like Healthcare.gov, which he helped rescue – can lead to failed strategy.

Training machine learning on the data amassed by the Illinois Department of Public Health could help the department better understand who might be at greatest risk of a variety of conditions, says IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra.

Plans to open a new office in Summer 2023 were unveiled at the HIMSS23 European Health Conference and Exhibition today.   

As individual member states embark on their own healthcare digitalisation initiatives, EU-wide programs are pushing standardisation and interoperability plans.