Government & Policy
Electronic Health Records
The aim is to streamline interoperability between private systems and IT public health agencies for disease monitoring and outbreak response.
Privacy & Security
The amended bill that would cut breach reporting time in half for healthcare providers, unanimously passed a State House committee meeting last week.
Revenue Cycle
The federal agency aims to help IT decision makers sift through the hype to make "clear-eyed" choices about blockchain.
As part of its FY19 budget request, the agency is looking into how to leverage PDMPs to track suspected abuse to DEA.
Electronic Health Records
VA Committee Chair Phil Roe was also concerned that the amount doesn’t cover maintenance or the cost to update the infrastructure necessary to accommodate the new platform.
FDA budget requests include clinical software, natural language processing and real-time device data
Agency Chief Scott Gottlieb also will establish a Center of Excellence on Digital Health designed to create a new way to evaluate third-party certifiers and supported by a cybersecurity unit.
Compliance
A report found David Shulkin, MD, also improperly accepted tickets to Wimbledon during his summer trip to Europe, but the secretary calls the report inaccurate and biased.
The agency has revamped its healthcare program through text messaging, the Anywhere to Anywhere telemedicine program and other health programs over the last year.
Electronic Health Records
The administration’s plan could inhibit progress on improving interoperability, eradicating info blocking, and medical research but also funds cybersecurity and the VA’s EHR modernization.
Electronic Health Records
The proposed funding is a substantial investment into the initiative, which the administration said will help to facilitate a seamless transition.