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Government & Policy

Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 12:45 pm | June 06, 2018
House and Senate committees criticize department with essentially the same case sidelined Deputy CISO Leo Scanlon made in March.
Compliance
By Mike Miliard | 05:26 pm | June 05, 2018
AHIMA offers advice for using the new codes, created as part of the Quality Payment Program, which have begun being reported voluntarily this year.
By Bernie Monegain | 01:10 pm | June 05, 2018
HeartMate3 recalled because of unintended disconnection between power source and controller.
Quality & Safety
By Mike Miliard | 05:41 pm | June 04, 2018
The American Medical Association assesses the implications of artificial and "augmented" intelligence, proposing policy recommendations as it prepares for its annual meeting, which starts June 9.
Quality & Safety
By Mike Miliard | 04:55 pm | June 01, 2018
As the agency considers a lighter touch for regulating iterative versions of software-as-a-medical device, it should also stay focused on patient-centeredness, cybersecurity and more, HIMSS says.
Electronic Health Records
By Tom Sullivan | 10:29 am | June 01, 2018
Apple, Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner and others made noteworthy moves in the last few weeks.
Precision Medicine
By Mike Miliard | 04:27 pm | May 31, 2018
With more machine learning tools expected to get the go-ahead soon, health systems should be partnering with vendors to supply data for better algorithms.
By John Sharp | 11:22 am | May 31, 2018
Startups would be smart to align with government initiatives such as interoperability, opioid crisis, AI and price transparency.
Electronic Health Records
By Jessica Davis | 05:01 pm | May 30, 2018
The agency’s Deputy Secretary Thomas Bowman announces his retirement, as Trump names yet another acting secretary to fill the post left by Robert Wilkie.
By Bernie Monegain | 02:23 pm | May 30, 2018
The contest aims to offer unique approaches to detecting, treating and preventing addiction, Food and Drug Administration officials said.