Government & Policy

Healthcare patient at home desk with laptop
By Neil Versel 12:19 pm November 06, 2023
In a complaint filed in federal court in Texas, the hospital group says enforcement of the Office for Civil Rights' regs on pixel tracking tools would disrupt the "balance that HIPAA and its regulations strike between privacy and information-sharing."
A doctor reviewing a patient file on their laptop
By Adam Ang 01:51 am November 06, 2023
As part of the landmark Australian Cancer Plan, the framework seeks to improve the accessibility, consistency, and comprehensiveness of cancer data.
Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society
By Jessica Hagen 06:00 pm November 03, 2023
Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society, which co-hosts the CancerX initiative, discusses advances in improving cancer care options via digital innovation.  
Doctor and patient look at a tablet while conversing.
By Andrea Fox 10:57 am November 03, 2023
The Department of Veterans Affairs is calling on healthcare innovation teams to create artificial intelligence-enabled tools that elevate the agency's healthcare data management and clinical practice.
Doctors holding a conference discussion
By Adam Ang 05:51 am November 03, 2023
Also, Indonesia's Ministry of Health has launched an online portal for accessing population health data.
Healthcare worker using laptop next to medical equipment
By Jeff Lagasse 01:39 pm November 02, 2023
Doctors' Management Services failed to determine the potential risks and vulnerabilities in the breach, HHS says.
HHS headquarters in Washington
By Mike Miliard 10:01 am October 31, 2023
The CMS-based disincentives outlined in the proposed rule from ONC published Monday would penalize hospitals under the Promoting Interoperability Program, eligible clinicians under MIPS and ACO participants under the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
U.S. President Joe Biden issues executive order on AI safety
By Mike Miliard 09:52 am October 30, 2023
The White House plan for "safe, secure and trustworthy" artificial intelligence wants the Department of Health and Human Services to have a mechanism in place to collect reports of "harms or unsafe healthcare practices," and act to remedy them.
group of healthcare workers talking over hospital bed
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By 05:09 am October 30, 2023
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A male doctor sits with another man and they are looking at SDOH data on a mobile device.
By Andrea Fox 05:26 pm October 27, 2023
By integrating a patient portal screening tool into the clinical workflow, Tufts University researchers aim to advance the use of HIT to identify food-insecure and nutrition-insecure patients and pave the way to interventions like nutrition prescriptions.