Government & Policy
Quality & Safety
The new program aims to streamline quality measures providers are required to meet, rewarding outcomes rather than micromanaging processes.
HIE
Consulting firm CedarBridge Group Founder Carol Robinson says the APIs may be the key to fix workforce shortages, but funding questions are causing pause.
Electronic Health Records
With two huge government agencies already picking their EHR tech, President Zane Burke has his eyes on Federal Bureau of Prisons, Coast Guard, Indian Health and state Medicaid programs.
HIE
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been pursuing trials to explore new ways to manage data, Big Blue is focused on blockchain's security protections.
Privacy & Security
NHS & Department of Health warned to ‘get their act together’ after National Audit Office WannaCry …
National Audit Office investigation into the WannaCry attack finds NHS organisations ‘had tended to overestimate’ their readiness to deal with cyber attacks.
State and local health and human services agencies progress in their use of digital tech to be more effective and efficient, new survey reveals.
Analytics
The federal agency wants to share the anonymous DNA blood samples of half a million veterans for use in research.
Electronic Health Records
While the launch of the new EHR will take just 18 months, the whole system overhaul will take much longer.
Privacy & Security
The embattled company is hoping to prove its innocence and regain the trust lost by continued reports that the company may have ties to Russia.
Quality & Safety
Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act turned Medicaid into a lifelong program for people it was never meant to support, Verma says.