Introduction
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has recently voiced significant concerns over the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) proposed rule for healthcare IT interoperability, known as HTI-2. The AHA argues…
The American Hospital Association expressed concerns over the proposed rule for healthcare IT interoperability, HTI-2, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), arguing against “burdensome” encryption requirements.The ONC’s HTI-2 proposed…
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The MedCity Moves Podcast is back with another episode. During the episode, Senior Reporter Katie Adams discussed some of the executive hires and exits occurring in the healthcare world over the past month, including…
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In less than 24 hours this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services filed an appeal in American Hospital Association v. Becerra – a lawsuit that sought to bar enforcement of an…
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Elizabeth Anderson MSN, RN, Director of Clinical Experience and Solutions at Rauland
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership recently published a report that reinforces the troublesome trend in healthcare: Nearly one-fifth of nurses are projected…
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WHY IT MATTERSThe ransomware attack Wednesday on Orlando-based OneBlood, a blood donation organization that services more than 350 hospitals in the southwest, was the third by Russian-speaking ransomware groups on blood suppliers in recent months.
“The…
To help rural healthcare systems better protect themselves from malicious actors in an age of AI-powered threats, Microsoft, the White House, the American Hospital Association and the National Rural Health Association are teaming up…
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Two healthcare provider groups, the American Hospital Association and the Medical Group Management Association, have both responded critically to the Department of Health and Human Services’ just-released final rule on information blocking disincentives.In separate statements…
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Replacing registered nurses with non-RN staff is dangerous to patients, according to a new study from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing published in Medical…
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At the end of March, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discussed its plans to create a centralized resource to help improve cybersecurity coordination for healthcare.
These plans come amid the fallout from…
