Government & Policy

Candidates for the role should be able to share electronic health record best practices with DoD, oversee change management and training efforts and monitor budgets, officials say.

Common usability challenges can also contribute to medical errors, the organization said.

In December 2018, Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce announced plans to put medical-related fees, including drugs, supplies and service charges, on the price control list of the government’s central committee on prices of goods and services.

The first employee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is taking a new role in a different federal unit.

The organization is broadening into a single assessment tool for varying regulations around the world.

A new report from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy explores some of the policy changes that should be made to enable safer and more effective deployment of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

More and more healthcare organizations are urging a broader swath of the industry to get involved driving interoperability.

Organization says 5 will build on FHIR 4 with more normative content, support for apps that use multiple versions of the spec and other advancements.

Health information exchanges can help providers and public health departments overcome common obstacles. 

The whole point of electronic health records is to facilitate the sharing of patient data, but that is still difficult, not just because interoperability hasn't been fully achieved, but also because matching patient records is still not easy to achieve – putting patients at risk for incorrect care and also posing privacy concerns, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.