Government & Policy

The ATA said the agency's notice about the listening sessions to be held in September could pave the way for "remote prescribing of medically necessary controlled substances without an in-person visit."

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The White House unveiled its new National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy on Monday.

According to the French Ministry of Health's Louisa Stuwe, digital devices for remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics now enjoy fast-track access and reimbursement in France. The process is comparable to Germany's DiGA.

The agencies contacted 130 health systems and telehealth providers by mail to emphasize the potential HIPAA risks of using Meta/Facebook pixel and Google Analytics tracking tools that may be "impermissibly disclosing" protected health information.

Eddie Ades, executive advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton and former associate director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the agency's efforts to refocus on interoperability and data modernization.

United States Core Data for Interoperability Standard, version 4, is a key resource for information blocking and interoperability compliance. It is adding 20 new data elements and one new data class – facility information – to the previous standard set. 

According to the French Ministry of Health's Louisa Stuwe, during its EU Presidency in 2022, France promoted a digital health single market and 16 digital health ethics principles.

According to the French Ministry of Health's Louisa Stuwe, the national "Ma Santé 2022" strategy engaged multiple stakeholder and citizen consultations and secured essential funding to pave the way for a national digital health doctrine.  

Threat actors are using artificial intelligence for both designing and executing attacks on hospitals and health systems. HC3 used ChatGPT to show how bad actors leverage generative AI to design spear-phishing emails and malware.