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By Bernie Monegain | 12:11 pm | May 11, 2017
More than 400 pieces of technology have already been distributed to hospitals across the country.
By Gus Venditto | 05:06 pm | May 10, 2017
A directive to HHS calls for a national standard on how patients are matched with their health records.
By Kaiser Health News | 01:22 pm | May 10, 2017
Memo from HHS Secretary Tom Price's chief of staff instructed employees not to have "any communications" with Congress, staff without approval.
By Jessica Davis | 12:01 pm | May 10, 2017
Scott Gottlieb and Gopal Khanna round out the most recent government hires to head the agencies most important to health IT.
By Tom Sullivan and Jessica Davis | 10:51 am | May 10, 2017
There has to be a more sustainable way to get hospitals to put information security controls in place than taking millions out of operating budgets.
By Bernie Monegain | 02:14 pm | May 09, 2017
There are 13 men working on the new bill while Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins is writing her own legislation.
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn | 09:49 am | May 09, 2017
The $8 billion allocations proposed with the AHCA would have to cover the 17.5 million people who could lose coverage with Medicaid cuts.
By Tom Sullivan | 04:08 pm | May 08, 2017
The agency is evaluating options after a failed Epic implementation, and another off-the-shelf is the likely choice.
By Mike Miliard | 03:40 pm | May 08, 2017
While meeting demands set by cybercriminals may solve the problem short-term, the FBI director tells hospitals it will come back to haunt them.
By Jessica Davis | 02:47 pm | May 08, 2017
Variants masked as legitimate, existing monitoring tools can gain full network and data access of the victim.