Government & Policy

Analyst John Gordon sheds some light on a new study examining virtual care use among Medicare beneficiaries from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021.

Despite significant investment and well over a decade of different transformation plans and initiatives, there’s still much to do before we can say the health and care system has truly gone through a digital revolution.

Two are part of its Right of Access initiative – bringing the number of cases to 27 since the project began – and two stem from impermissible disclosure of protected health information.

The hospital has achieved the highest level for its digital maturity. 

Also, latest insights have shown that Australian health information managers have seen gradual increases in their average salary.

David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems, talks about the convergence of technology and regulatory requirements to enable more seamless data exchange for care coordination and patient empowerment.

The Supreme Court rebuffed the electronic health record vendor's petition after a Seventh Circuit decision to reduce the damages from the Tata case.

The warnings followed an alert from federal security agencies about Russian state-sponsored threat actors exploiting default protocols and known vulnerabilities. 

New feature revokes fraudulent certificates in all members states. 

The VA Office of Inspector General released a trio of reports this past week with allegations about medication, ticket-process and care-coordination concerns.