With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work faster in crafting…
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Johns Hopkins Chief Information Security Officer Darren Lacey describes the security crisis facing healthcare by envisioning a scenario in another industry. “Imagine you are incrementally improving your controls in, say, financial management,” he says. “And…
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The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, created by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT under the 21st Century Cures Act, holds huge promise for interoperability and information exchange. It also has…
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Sentara Health, a health system serving Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, has undergone a transformation to what it calls One Sentara – a strategic aligning of its provider and payer organizations to create a…
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The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program, administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, announced a $10 million bounty Wednesday seeking more information against the BlackCat ransomware group.The State Department said it set…
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The momentum of value-based care is poised to accelerate. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has outlined an ambitious objective: to transition all traditional Medicare beneficiaries into a VBC arrangement by 2030 –…
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Leidos’ Partnership for Defense Health announced the deployment of MHS-Genesis, the U.S. Defense Department’s Federal Electronic Health Record system, at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) in Chicago.The deployment…
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Sutter Health, one of Northern California’s largest healthcare providers, is teaming up with Abridge, a healthcare AI startup focused on clinical documentation, to offer the service to its physicians and clinicians across the state.The…
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The Biden Administration on Thursday announced new government-wide policies from the White House Office of Management and Budget governing the use of artificial intelligence at federal agencies, including many focused on healthcare.WHY IT MATTERSThe…
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The Indonesian Ministry of Health, through the Center for Data and Information Technology, has recently announced the results of the 2023 digital maturity assessment for provincial and district/city health services, hospitals, and health service…
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