Government & Policy
The bill unanimously passed and sets limits how often providers can prescribe initial opioid medications.
The administration said the burden these programs put on doctors and hospitals has led to consolidation, which reduces competition and drives prices higher.
Sequoia Project CTO/CIO Eric Heflin joins ONC’s core data project while David Kibbe is leaving his CEO post at DirectTrust.
Responding to Senate Committee’s request, the advocacy group points to interoperability as the biggest challenge to patient safety.
Organizations say that ONC should more closely align TEFCA with interoperability work already happening and relax requirements to avoid disruptive setbacks.
The lab will offer IT and data vendors two certifications for quality reporting capabilities.
The aim is to streamline interoperability between private systems and IT public health agencies for disease monitoring and outbreak response.
The amended bill that would cut breach reporting time in half for healthcare providers, unanimously passed a State House committee meeting last week.
The federal agency aims to help IT decision makers sift through the hype to make "clear-eyed" choices about blockchain.
As part of its FY19 budget request, the agency is looking into how to leverage PDMPs to track suspected abuse to DEA.