Government & Policy
The new committee under the Australian Digital Health Agency will advise the government on the safe rollout of AI, telehealth, and data sharing as digital health adoption accelerates nationwide.
With the VA Interoperability Pledge, Veteran Confirmation API and other efforts, the agency has improved cross-sector collaboration, coordinating care and benefits for more than 1 million veterans, said speakers at HIMSS26.
The agency wants to engage with health systems, vendors and others to develop data exchange solutions that can connect veterans to community-based benefits, says Dr. Jonathan Nebeker, CMIO at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
This year's HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition offers a diverse mix of health IT leaders and policymakers, as well as newcomers to the field, all eager to have interesting conversations and exchange ideas, one attendee says.
The Federal Trade Commission group will do enforcement and advocacy across the private sector, in pursuit of the Trump Administration's goals for a "more competitive, innovative, affordable and higher-quality healthcare system."
The Trump Administration's artificial intelligence proposals call on Congress and federal agencies to develop risk-based approaches to health AI standards while streamlining innovation. The list of tasks for lawmakers to tackle is extensive.
Nationwide coordination and European Commission funding are helping Italy to shift from fragmented regional healthcare to a single digitized strategy, says HIMSS Board Chair Elena Sini, group CIO at GVM Care and Research.
Also, a new collaboration in China aims to incubate healthcare startups.
The U.S. government seized two websites run by an Iran-linked group following a cyberattack on the global medical device supplier and issued a warning about end point management risks. Meanwhile, shipping of some patient implant devices has been delayed.
The CMS Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare fraud-fighting initiative invites the public to submit ideas on how to improve the agency's efforts. CMS COO Kimberly Brandt explains.