Government & Policy
There have been many frustrations with how the federal EHR incentive program was implemented this past decade, but those big government subsidies have enabled headway that might not have happened otherwise.
The news is being touted by IDx, makers of the first medical device approved by FDA to use artificial intelligence to assess diabetic retinopathy.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of an online patient portal this month that will provide service veterans with digital access to their patient statements.
Stony Brook Medicine Chief HIPAA Privacy Officer Stephanie Musso discusses upcoming changes to HIPAA, new OCR enforcements of its right to access provision and more.
The department has innovated and expanded its uses of telehealth, advanced data centers to improve its healthcare offerings for veterans.
A bug in its codebase could cause protected health information of some beneficiaries to be inadvertently shared with others, or with the wrong BB2.0 app, the agency says.
From the rise of CCIOs to networks promoting diversity in the industry, the UK has seen a fair amount of change, writes Health Education England CIO James Freed.
The health secretary made the announcement in his first speech following last week's UK general election.
Hahn previously served as the chief medical executive at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, a post he has held since 2018.
When it comes to using citizen data to improve health outcomes, trust and security are extremely important, explains Sinikka Salo, leader of change with Finland's Permanent Secretary's Cabinet Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Government.