Government & Policy
The New Jersey Health Information Network earns MED certification from CMS, while Ohio exchanges merge. After making mental health privacy changes, Oklahoma sends new HIE rules to state lawmakers.
The legislation, which would increase data privacy protections by requiring healthcare consumers' consent, has moved forward to the state's senate.
The commission cites strained resources due in large part to healthcare mergers and patient data privacy challenges as a justification for a big increase over 2023 levels to support the Bureau of Competition and Bureau of Consumer Protections.
Natural language processing, a form of AI, devours all the text in countless pages of healthcare documents to help health IT experts in the U.S. military do their job more efficiently.
The vendor group addressed proposed interoperability requirements and answered the agency's questions about social risk data-intake, exchanging behavioral health information and improving Medicare approvals and claims processing
To succeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must overhaul the way data is collected and shared. Technology-driven collaboration will be critical to rebuilding the trust of agency partners.
The cybersecurity agency proactively identifies critical infrastructure information systems that contain known ransomware vulnerabilities and provides owners with mitigation guidance to take immediate action.
Cybersecurity and health equity are among the key features of the Biden-Harris Administration's budget proposal for next year, with considerable funding for CISA, HHS and VA data and technology improvements.
Jointly developed as a public-private partnership, the new Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guide from HHS aims to help healthcare organizations assess their current practices and risks and identify gaps.