Government & Policy

Leaders from ONC, CMS, CDC and the VA – along with six newly-designated QHIN candidates – gathered on Monday to discuss their visions for data exchange progress in 2023 and beyond.

Health Gorilla, Kno2 and KONZA National Network are the others, given a green light for testing and onboarding as qualified health information networks under TEFCA.

There are some transformational digital health programs underway in Saudi Arabia, says Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare. She explains what they mean for care delivery in the kingdom.

ONC found some progress has been made in using EHR audit log data to identify clinicians in need of training and support and areas to improve workflows.

A joint U.S. and ROK cybersecurity advisory provides updates on Maui and H0lyGh0st ransomware TTPs used by North Korea's state-sponsored cyber actors.

The group's citizens petition asks the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to repurpose its Final Guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software, claiming it's at odds with other federal policies. 

The state's health department has approved the PreciseDx Breast Test lab test which uses artificial intelligence to improve cancer grading and risk categorization

A suspected ransomware attack has the Florida hospital operating under downtime protocols, diverting some EMS patients and canceling surgeries. 

 Unless Congress acts, patients and physicians are going to lose out on digital health innovations allowed by PHE waivers, CHI says.