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The virtual care organization said the Drug Enforcement Administration's draft framework would impose on clinical decision-making. It also flagged compliance impracticalities around provider exclusions and arbitrary requirements.
The presence of hospital outcome data on EMS patient care reports in the National Emergency Medical Services Information System database improved in 2024. Data exchange progress is good news for patient care and could ultimately improve health outcomes.
The terminations include all first-year officers in the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service investigating outbreaks and emerging health dangers. Other layoffs at CMS and FDA are also reported.
Using the HIMSS Digital Health Index, Missouri is taking evidence about public health agency digital maturity statewide to invest in data-driven population health strategies, says Anne Snowdon, who will share more about the initiative at HIMSS25.
American Medical Association researchers found that artificial intelligence in healthcare sparked more enthusiasm among physicians in 2024, increasing 5% over the previous year, while their use of AI tools increased by 28%.
More providers are finding artificial intelligence can reduce clinician burnout and lower recruiting costs. Meanwhile, tech vendors on the frontier of agentic AI innovation are looking to healthcare as a first use case.
Federal labor data showed joblessness in the technology sector up to 5.7% in January, compared to 3.9% this past December, surpassing the overall national unemployment rate of 4%.
Initial findings from a three-year analysis from athenahealth suggest the idea that providers' use of digital patient outreach tools increase documentation burdens is a misconception.
Tufts University, Kaiser Permanente and other healthcare organizations have launched the National Food is Medicine Network of Excellence to share best practices and measure the health outcomes and costs of produce prescription programs.
Despite staffing shortages and chaotic work environments, market researchers said increased clinician EHR satisfaction, improved payer/provider relationships and progress on SDOH are advancing healthcare delivery.