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By Kat Jercich | 09:34 am | March 01, 2022
Since April 5, 2021, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT says hundreds of patients, providers and others have submitted claims of information blocking through its online portal.
By Kat Jercich | 05:21 pm | February 22, 2022
National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi points to information blocking, API standardization and TEFCA as key factors in enhancing critical interoperability.
By Kat Jercich | 09:15 am | February 11, 2022
Josh Basile, community relations manager for accessiBe, discusses how developers can ensure their tools aren't presenting hurdles for people with disabilities.
By Kat Jercich | 12:27 pm | February 10, 2022
Teladoc Health, IBM, Epic and athenahealth all signed on to support the proposed legislation.
By Nathan Eddy | 01:44 pm | February 07, 2022
Implementing a framework can be useful, but it requires resources – and healthcare organizations may face challenges gaining consensus over which ones to deploy, said a compliance expert ahead of HIMSS22.
By Kat Jercich | 05:09 pm | February 04, 2022
The incident, which took place in August, exposed the information of about 22,000 individuals.
By HIMSS TV | 10:28 am | February 04, 2022
This week's top stories include the GAO saying data issues occurred partly because the VA did not establish performance measures and goals for migrated data quality, and AliveCor's KardiaMobile Card that is able to take a single-lead ECG in 30 seconds.
By Kat Jercich | 01:16 pm | February 02, 2022
The U.S. Government Accountability Office found that clinicians faced challenges regarding the accuracy, accessibility and appropriateness of patient information.
By Kat Jercich | 06:05 pm | February 01, 2022
More than 330 stakeholders outlined several steps for charting a path toward comprehensive telemedicine reform after the public health emergency.
By Kat Jercich | 12:40 pm | January 26, 2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced this week that the vision-coverage benefits provider had also agreed to enact a series of measures to protect customer information.