Government & Policy

J29's origin, its work interpreting healthcare policies for public agencies, and its mission of contributing to nonprofits, including the "HIMSS Gives Back" program, presented by Tracy Mills, CEO and founder, and Nick Vass, president.

The Indian Health Service is installing its own EHR that is expected to connect tribal communities across 37 states.

Its national research institute has built a chatbot based on Meta's LLM which can answer doctors' questions with up to 95% accuracy.

The agency further defines when it considers a device to be Internet-enabled, proposes to add vulnerability disclosures and makes recommendations for cyber device maintenance plans and patch timelines.

"We thought if we could bring more transparency to decision support intervention, we can instill more trust and we can help optimize the use of these algorithms."

Meanwhile, the American Hospital Association is calling on Congress to do more in the face of a "staggering loss of revenue" for health systems.

AI policies, patient experience, the next generation of CIOs, nursing informatics and more: Healthcare IT insiders and thought leaders discuss issues affecting the industry.

At HIMSS24, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen, and Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack discussed the state of public health data exchange, and where cross-agency collaboration can take it.

Use cases are emerging and showing promising results, but that means organizations need to be ready for change.

Trust in the digital economy is built upon several key principles like cybersecurity, privacy, interoperability and equity in technology development, use and standards, says NIST's Cherilyn Pascoe.