Government & Policy
Ahead of new enforceable standards, U.S. Health and Human Services has released voluntary cybersecurity performance goals to address the most significant cyberattack vectors hospitals and healthcare providers face.
The project's recognized coordinating entity has released a series of draft materials to support wider use of the HL7 spec, aiming to address standard operating procedures for electronic case reporting and improve the framework more generally.
The latest update of standards for interoperable health information exchange includes data elements that promote health equity, reduce disparities and support underserved communities.
ARPA-H is launching a program to deliver acute care in rural settings via a multipurpose delivery platform "that is as convenient as telehealth."
Stacy Sanders will be tasked with supporting competition that can help lower healthcare and prescription drug costs and will coordinate with the FTC and DOJ to address anticompetitive healthcare technology data practices.
The government is doubling down on modernising My Health Record and building a framework for national health information sharing.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a work plan for all IT and communications stakeholders to promote the development of digital technology for the elderly.
Nearly $950,000 in new funding will help the Pennsylvania health system expand the 24/7 virtual care center it launched this past year, with new technologies for Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital.
EHRA, HIMSS and others cite regulatory variability and redundancy, as well as costs, as roadblocks to interoperable health information exchange, while ACR stresses investigatory protections for physicians.