Government & Policy
Privacy & Security
Congressman says BOMs included with every device will help organizations assess threats and give transparency with managing system vulnerabilities.
Privacy & Security
The Internet of Medical Things Resilience Partnership Act would require the FDA to establish a working group to recommend frameworks and guidelines for medical device security.
As established by the 21st Century Cures Act, the committee is tasked with creating policies, standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for health technology.
Accountable Care
Experts point to ONC’s own challenge as evidence that algorithms are a more effective approach to the patient record matching problem.
Electronic Health Records
The VistA replacement will be built off the MHS Genesis work already in progress for the Defense Department.
Compliance
HHS is accused of retaliating against two of its cybersecurity leaders for speaking with the committee.
The agency wants to jump onto the current success of DoD’s similar Cerner roll outs in the Pacific Northwest and needs the funds now to avoid driving up the project’s cost down the line.
Quality & Safety
Intermountain and Geisinger -- among others -- are joining similar calls to action by OIG and Congress for CMS to finally add UDI to claim forms to better identify faulty medical devices.
Electronic Health Records
And that frustration could mean they fall short of payment incentive goals, SA Ignite says.
Electronic Health Records
The EHR system provider says it will stop litigation if the VA agrees to let a skilled IT professional assess whether its platform is indeed cheaper, faster and better than Cerner.