Government & Policy
Privacy & Security
House and Senate committees criticize department with essentially the same case sidelined Deputy CISO Leo Scanlon made in March.
Compliance
AHIMA offers advice for using the new codes, created as part of the Quality Payment Program, which have begun being reported voluntarily this year.
HeartMate3 recalled because of unintended disconnection between power source and controller.
Quality & Safety
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
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
Apple, Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner and others made noteworthy moves in the last few weeks.
Precision Medicine
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.
Startups would be smart to align with government initiatives such as interoperability, opioid crisis, AI and price transparency.
Electronic Health Records
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.
The contest aims to offer unique approaches to detecting, treating and preventing addiction, Food and Drug Administration officials said.