Andrea Fox
It was another record-breaking year for healthcare cyberattacks, and healthcare providers' network servers were again prime targets for hackers.
Cybersecurity In Focus
The agency seeks to make its first HIPAA Security Rule update since 2013 to clarify what health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, providers and their business associates must do to protect the security of electronic protected health information.
Nursing and IT
Because we're still in the early days of artificial intelligence transforming the patient care environment, it's imperative to watch its impacts closely, says Oriana Beaudet, VP of nursing innovation at the American Nurses Association.
The agency plans to roll out federal electronic health record systems at four Michigan facilities in mid-2026. Pre-deployment activities will kick off in the coming weeks.
Lawmakers recommend establishing and investing in federal AI resources that foster collaboration among agencies and sectoral regulation, which includes two key findings and five recommendations for healthcare.
The court battle with Particle Health highlights how national health information exchange networks rely on a chain of trust that can be broken, jeopardizing patient privacy under HIPAA.
Physicians said in this year's Doximity survey that telemedicine tools have helped them improve disease management and patient access. They also said adherence to treatment plans, patient outcomes and productivity are up.
The EHR Association is urging the agency to address members' concerns and finalize additional decision support intervention measurements proposed in the draft rule, and clarify uncertainties that could compromise the quality of submissions.
Secure medical records exchange under the national framework by all Epic customers is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, says Rob Klootwyk, director of interoperability at Epic.
A health analytics company is partnering with pharma to allow patients to unify their health information across multiple providers. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the DTP platform analyzes medical records and makes recommendations.