Government & Policy
Apple, Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner and others made noteworthy moves in the last few weeks.
With more machine learning tools expected to get the go-ahead soon, health systems should be partnering with vendors to supply data for better algorithms.
Startups would be smart to align with government initiatives such as interoperability, opioid crisis, AI and price transparency.
The agency’s Deputy Secretary Thomas Bowman announces his retirement, as Trump names yet another acting secretary to fill the post left by Robert Wilkie.
The contest aims to offer unique approaches to detecting, treating and preventing addiction, Food and Drug Administration officials said.
King's Daughters boosts medication reconciliation threshold to 77 percent and e-prescribing to 52 percent.
The European regulation is much more stringent than HIPAA, and those health systems that handle EU patient data, even in the U.S., must adjust their privacy measures to comply.
Passing with a 92-5 vote, the legislation also will mandate the agency participate in national PDMP data sharing network.
The dashboard can help health systems manage the stringent privacy rules of the EU's looming General Data Protection Regulation, which goes into effect this week.
After a year serving as the top tech strategist at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Greenstein to join LHC Group.