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Innovation
The agency has started the application process in hopes of finding nine companies for its pilot program.
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Awardees, which will share in $1.7 million to support the cause, charged with raising awareness around the project.
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Office for Civil Rights says the site is now easier to navigate and only contains the last two years of healthcare organization and business associate breaches.
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Republican senators voting against motion to proceed were Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
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The pilot program would provide 10 Veterans Affairs medical centers with medical scribes over the next two years and require the agency to periodically report to Congress.
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Applications are being accepted for the HHS group under a provision of the 21st Century Cures Act.
Women in Health IT
The proposed bill can help close the tech gender gap and has support from ranking Democrat from the House's Science, Space and Tech committee.
Regulation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would receive $5.8 billion in funding, with only $300 million designated for the lead research group on healthcare quality, costs and outcomes.
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David Waltman has worked in two capacities at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and most recently at startup focused on better using health IT to help vets and service members.
EHR
Since the committee wasn’t provided data about the cost of a new EHR system, the Senate will need to reevaluate funds to replace VistA at a later date.