Healthcare Reform

This could impact ongoing health system IT modernisation efforts, says New Zealand’s largest trade union, Public Service Association.

Oz will cut waste and fraud within the country's most expensive government agency, Trump says.

The president-elect says RFK Jr. will help protect Americans from "pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives."

It will likely adopt the standards of Chinese insurer Ping An for its online family doctor contract service.

Everett Wilson, healthcare regulatory attorney with Polsinelli, says benefit increases to MA, piled onto increased consumer expectations, are squeezing insurers' bottom lines, and that affects providers with risk-based arrangements in particular.

It will underpin the interoperable connection between My Health Record and aged care digital care management systems.

It prioritises mitigating risks posed by some 30 legacy and end-of-life payroll systems.

Emmanouil Tsiasiotis, project manager at Italy's ALTEMS, calls for healthcare stakeholders at all levels to join the EDiHTA initiative and help create a unified, sustainable digital health technology assessment for the entire EU.

Dr. Tapani Piha and Dr. Cátia Pinto of HIMSS' Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe talk about examples presented at the group's 2024 meeting of governments that have integrated digital health through funding innovations themselves.

As its digital health transformation continues, Vugar Ramazanov of Azerbaijan's Digital Medical Solutions discusses the country's goals of collaborating with global organizations and implementing international medical standards.