Government & Policy

The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees three areas of concern as artificial intelligence is used across critical infrastructure sectors: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems and design, and implementation failures.

The agency is proposing telehealth access grants to establish fixed, secure environments outfitted with reliable internet and secure video that connect veterans hobbled by the digital divide to health services.

For Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS senior director of government relations Valerie Rogers explains how state and federal policies, along with IT innovations that promote data modernization and exchange, are improving perinatal health outcomes.

For Global Health Equity Week, Knight Consulting principal and New Jersey HIMSS member Mike Relli, describes how Section 1115 waivers can help states boost access and reduce SDOH disparities for citizens reentering the community after incarceration.

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response will be surveying agencies to assess the readiness of state, local, tribal and territorial public health organizations to manage cyber threats and gauge their needs for support.

The new Veterans Community will support veteran workforce development and transition to civilian life for former members of any branch of the U.S. military and their spouses.

The group expects support for virtual care to continue after the 2024 election, but urges action as soon as possible to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities past the end of the year.

It will likely adopt the standards of Chinese insurer Ping An for its online family doctor contract service.

The expectation is for a new Congress to create policy around AI and cybersecurity, says Tom Leary of HIMSS.