Government & Policy
The dashboard incorporates 36 key measures of health, including social determinants, and aims to help policymakers and providers better understand sources of health disparities.
The legislation seeks to end the Oracle Cerner electronic health record rollout and reinstate VistA. Another bill, meanwhile, would only allow new EHRM go-lives after certain clinical certifications.
The bureau, with an array of allied agencies composing the International Ransomware Taskforce, shielded more than 300 victims and prevented attacks valued at $130 million
Ziad Nakshabandi, CEO of the National Center for Health Workforce Planning, describes how the group is aligning its efforts with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 objectives, including reskilling and upskilling of healthcare workers.
The collaboration will see five of the biggest health data exchanges in the U.S. working with the planned Qualified Health Information Network on the interoperability framework.
Federal policies and technologies can help with risk mitigations, says Robert Anderson, Jr., CEO of Cyber Defense Labs, who discusses those resources. He also sizes up the value of cyberinsurance as ransom payments get more frequent.
The government relations team at HIMSS offers some insights on what's next for telehealth, broadband expansion, interoperability rules and more in the year ahead.
While acknowledging that securing access to data is a shared goal, the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association suggests ONC's interoperability framework does not consider existing controls, or certain business standards and workflows.