Government & Policy

The country’s Ministry of Health is taking a different approach to digital transformation, emphasising value and tangible outcomes.

The government has made permanent pandemic-era flexibilities on virtual prescribing and monitoring substance use disorder medications. As a result, telemedicine MAT programs may soon be more common.

The new plan directs the U.S. Department of Commerce to revise artificial intelligence risk management frameworks, which could undo protections that might be seen as "woke" in order to do business with the federal government.

Earlier this month in Brooklyn, HIMSS informatics leader Rob Havasy joined us for a discussion about the excitement and challenges he sees as health systems scale up their adoption and deployment of new AI tools.

According to Cátia Sousa Pinto and Tapani Piha, the HIMSS Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe urged governments to implement healthcare AI ethically by creating strong governance frameworks and building workforce capacity.

If the agency doesn't create a plan for remote-prescribed controlled substances by the fall, it could jeopardize mental healthcare by year's end, the American Telemedicine Association-led coalition says.

Thomas Hellebrand and Iman Merison from the Netherlands' Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport urge other European countries not to wait for EHDS regulations to be finalized to digitalize their healthcare systems.

Health IT experts and leaders discussed strategies to adopt and scale AI responsibly at HIMSS25 APAC.

Rather than reinventing the wheel, healthcare must look to other sectors for innovative models, says public health advisor.

Its AI advisory group is also reviewing several other similar tools.