Government & Policy
Analytics
Veterans Health Affairs’ director of standards and interoperability warns that FHIR is not a cure all, just one valuable asset in a tech toolbox.
Compliance
The cancer research center argued it didn’t need to encrypt its data as it was for research, but a federal judge upheld the OCR fine.
The UK has an opportunity to 'lead the world in the use of data and technology to prevent illness', Prime Minister Theresa May said in a speech today marking a £20bn funding boost for the NHS.
Electronic Health Records
A brief look at what hospitals should know about hundreds of patents tech giants have filed relative to health IT.
Electronic Health Records
One new policy deems drug shortages an urgent public health crisis and seeks to have manufacturing sites become critical infrastructure.
Population Health
Congress funding for medical research programs to fight the opioid epidemic, and a boost for healthcare IT.
Privacy & Security
While fighting conspiracy allegations for more than a year, Kaspersky had continued to work with law enforcement to fight ransomware and other threats, including the global WannaCry attack.
Electronic Health Records
Investing in a ‘far-reaching’ automation programme could save the NHS nearly £13bn a year, experts …
Findings from former Labour health minister Lord Darzi's health and social care review indicate the NHS could save a tenth of its annual running costs through automation.
Accountable Care
The agency is seeking ideas from healthcare stakeholders about how such a group might be structured, and how it could help accelerate innovation and encourage capital investment across the industry.
Telehealth
Ajit Pai seeks immediate action to ramp up the Universal Service Fund’s Rural Health Care Program, which advances telehealth, for the first time since it started in 1997.