Andrea Fox
A petition to save a 120-year-old NIST lab relied upon for spectroscopic endeavors that advance many fields, including medical imaging and diagnostics, is circulating under a new online campaign opposing impending Trump administration layoffs.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the DOGE-assisted cuts, which represent nearly 25% of the department's employees and impact FDA, CDC, NIH and other agencies, would save $1.8 billion per year.
Cybersecurity In Focus
The Senate Intelligence Committee's annual worldwide threats hearing touched on how U.S. defense agencies must partner with healthcare and other industries to neutralize threats from Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon and others.
Cybersecurity In Focus
A privacy and security expert discusses how small and rural hospitals can move beyond past IT mistakes and implement zero-trust strategies that quickly improve their cybersecurity postures.
The health system is establishing a new center for artificial intelligence to enhance diagnostics, personalize treatments and optimize healthcare delivery for adolescents – and plans to implement clinical trials at the Kravis Children’s Hospital.
The agencies' special telehealth registries will also be postponed with this latest delay of long-awaited telehealth prescribing guidance.
While the department says the contracts are "non-mission-critical or duplicative," several of those canceled in March were for veteran-owned businesses that were focused on the safety and integrity of the ongoing electronic health record rollout.
While healthcare organizations applaud lawmakers' support for extending flexibilities in FY25 stopgap legislation, they still have concerns about long-term certainty for virtual care.
Also, DrFirst earns HITRUST for electronic prior authorization, e-prescribing, patient engagement and other healthcare tools.
AI & ML Intelligence
Artificial intelligence agents coordinating tasks across healthcare workflows were the talk of HIMSS25. In the year ahead, AI is expected to progress cautiously beyond ambient listening to effect new automation in electronic health records.