Government & Policy

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health and its partners have big plans in the coming years, says Director and Chief Innovation Officer James Hury, who shares what excites him about new avenues in space flight.

Tom Leary, Valerie Rogers and David Gray of the HIMSS Government Relations team unpack what the federal and state ballot results will hold for health policy going forward.

Workforce challenges, patient engagement efforts, ongoing interoperability hurdles and some big announcements from legacy EHR and Big Tech players were among the news and reports that captured the most attention this past year.

Translational Research Institute for Space Health Chief Innovation Officer James Hury discusses collaboration and partnership opportunities, and highlights the group's programs that are most relevant to HIMSS members.

The CGO will advance the county’s Aging Roadmap by helping to improve the coordination of health and social services and the detection, diagnosis and management of age-related diseases.

The goal is to advance patient safety nationally by studying and scaling telehealth as a proactive safety tool and enhance its safe use within the diverse communities served by connected care.

This was another challenging year for healthcare information security – but there's hope for the year ahead as technology and policy leaders promote new ideas to reduce risk and strengthen resilience.

But "hard work continues, as we persist in pressing telehealth permanency and creating a lasting roadblock to the telehealth cliff," the group said.

The eventual sunset of the federal public health emergency could be a challenge for many. United Language Group's Leslie Iburg and Abigail Katz discuss what they see going forward, and describe what's needed to reach beneficiaries.

The seven members with medical, informatics, IT, data and health information exchange expertise will serve a three-year term on the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee.