Government & Policy
A healthy healthcare industry is key to keeping inflation down and avoiding recession, Zandi said at HIMSS23 on Friday. Despite workforce challenges and cost pressures, he's optimistic AI and automation can help boost productivity.
The Defense Health Agency is launching a data-centric path to making military medicine "more precise, personal, predictive, preventive and participatory," said its new director, Army Lieutenant General Dr. Telita Crosland, at HIMS23.
Also, a new mobile CPD app for GPs has gone live in Australia.
Healthcare organizations including ONC, Advocate Health, Mt. Sinai, Tufts Medicine, UC Davis Health and the VA are participating, and will share implementation tips and best practices to enable broader adoption of the interoperability standard.
At HIMSS23 on Monday, leaders with the HHS 405(d) Program discussed how the updated Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices 2023 Edition and other new tools can help providers and public health groups mitigate cyber threats.