Government & Policy

Oscar Alleyne, managing director of the public health division, discusses the value of public and private partnerships and describes what its federally funded research and development centers do to help organizations plan for the next pandemic. 

Using the FHIR standard can help organizations like the VA connect rapidly to drug data, which paves the way for real-time surveillance that improves patient safety and identifies adverse events tied to medication.

Sean Sullivan, a partner at Alston & Bird, predicts more clarity on reasonable fees and exceptions, details on sensitive information sharing, and rules about public health IT certification in revised interoperability rules that may drop in June.  

Administrative AI use brings significant business impact with minimal risk.

Rural hospitals bear the brunt of relentless ransomware attacks and face the greatest risk for patients with no nearby alternatives for lifesaving care. Government, Congress and industry must act, a new report says.

Fauci denies allegations he was involved in some sort of conspiracy at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

While UnitedHealth has yet to file a data breach report with HHS, covered entities can delegate the job of notifying patients that their healthcare data was exposed in the crippling ransomware attack to the UHG subsidiary.

The apparent reduction comes as New Zealand zeroes in on frontline health services.

Anna Basevich, SVP of enterprise partnerships and customer enablement at Arcadia, explains how MA plans will need to measure performance ahead of 2027 when CMS will start rewarding plans that demonstrate progress in addressing health disparities.  

The Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology finds artificial intelligence-driven clinical documentation is helping to solve physician burnout, but the value for benefits administration is yet to be determined.