Government & Policy

A new agreement with FHA will allow DirectTrust's federal partners to operate their Direct implementations within its Security and Trust Framework.

The development of standards through the lab will help ONC further develop interoperability standards, official says.

The Healthcare Leadership Council has identified six healthcare reforms that should be implemented by the White House, Congress and the healthcare industry to reform healthcare; it was announced last week at a Capitol Hill briefing and in a report highlighting the changes.

Apple chief defies government demands to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists, creating a backdoor into the system’s software.

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology says the feds should do more than just suggest safeguards.

The healthcare economist and 20-year HIMSS attendee says the patient component of healthcare is finally coming of age.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday passed the bipartisan Improving Health Information Technology Act with a vote of 22-0.

Republicans, blasting the proposal as overzealous when it comes to spending, have already shot down the 2017 budget.

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules on patient record disclosures to ensure substance use disorder patients can participate in new integrated healthcare models without risk of having their records shared inappropriately.

The administration's 2016 year-end goal was to have 10 million people covered through the exchanges.