Government & Policy

J29 supports the "HIMSS Gives Back" initiative and has public and private partnerships central to its mission. J29 president and founder Tracy Mills and VP of HHS Programs Nick Vass offer a deep dive.

The agency says it is reviewing a deluge of comments on its February proposed rulemaking ending telehealth prescriptions for certain controlled substances. It's unclear how far this new extension will last beyond the end of the PHE.

It leverages population-level data on stroke patients from more than 10,000 healthcare facilities connected to the state HIE to track stroke incidence by area and identify demographic and other trends.

Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack, Moffitt Cancer Center VP of Digital Innovation Santosh Mohan and ONC Senior Advisor Stephen Konya discuss the progress of the Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Healthcare organizations often face challenges with interoperability and cybersecurity regulations – but they can pivot to make those mandates part of their strategic road map, says Drew Ivan, chief strategy officer at Rhapsody.

Andrea Palm, deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, says the agency is striving to "put the people we serve at the center of what we do." Meanwhile, ONC officials offer updates on new Cures Act rules.

The new APFIT funding enables DoD to further the Defense Innovation Unit's use of algorithms to analyze biometric data from commercial wearables and predict infections up to 48 hours before service members' symptoms appear.

While legislators offer proposals to recalibrate the development and rein in the deployment and oversight of the VA's Oracle Cerner electronic health records, other leaders want to scrap the system altogether.

While stakeholders agree the new interoperability and decision support rules could improve quality outcomes, some note that significant up-front commitment is needed for health IT developers while providers still document care with unstructured data.

Security professionals must protect networks while avoiding burdensome access controls.