Compliance & Legal

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.

The investigation, billed as the first of its kind, had alleged that Dallas-based Piece Technologies made "deceptive claims" about the accuracy of its artificial intelligence products, which are deployed at several hospitals in the Lone Star State.

Crowdstrike has new partnerships that bolster and streamline SOC processes and spur AI-driven security innovations. Also, Oracle, Meditech and Innovaccer add tools to improve daily healthcare operations.

A week of discussion spearheaded by the patient advocate group aims to highlight the risks of harm from unauthorized access to healthcare information over the internet. There should be "no aggregation without representation," its leaders say.

To help overcome fragmentation and address gaps in telehealth and remote patient care, the new program prepares healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality patient care and effective reporting and tracking.

It will underpin the interoperable connection between My Health Record and aged care digital care management systems.

Anne Moen of Gravitate-Health says the company wants to work with regulators to help European patients translate prescription information into their language of choice while traveling through the EU.

The American Hospital Association is applauding the Office for Civil Rights for opting not to appeal a district court decision that vacated its recent rule regulating online tracking technologies.

HHS has said the revised March bulletin was consistent with HIPAA's definition of individually identifiable health information.

The proposal seeks to promote more effective use of healthcare technologies by ensuring they meet standards and implementation specs adopted by ASTP/ONC.