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So says a new OIG audit, which found the VA and Oracle Health have been misaligned in their responses to outages throughout Electronic Health Record Modernization. While the agency has made procedural improvements, it needs to go further, auditors say.

One CTO’s biggest takeaways from HIMSS’ AI in Healthcare Forum.

The aim is to bolster more consistent use of the HL7 interoperability standard across HHS, says the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, and help "break down the silos separating patients, providers, payers, public health and research."

They also feel the support provided by their healthcare organizations has either worsened or remained stagnant in the past year, according to a new Talkdesk survey. Can artificial intelligence help?

This comes as the government outlined a four-year national medical AI research and development roadmap.

This includes a benchmarking platform for validating healthcare AI models.

A national interoperability leader advocates for simpler and more secure data exchange use cases, and says making patient access a routine part of healthcare information exchange will lead to positive health impacts.

There are risks to consider when choosing a single provider, says Homestyle CIO Peter Gunn.

The high-stakes lawsuit alleges that the EHR giant violated federal law prohibiting unfair business practices. Epic, meanwhile, says that Particle has violated HIPAA.

Despite a greater ability for healthcare entities to challenge regulatory decrees in court, increased litigation could result in unfavorable court decisions that are harder to fix, healthcare attorneys say.