Healthcare technology company ModMed, announced its electronic healthcare platform EMA, has been granted Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP) certification to the Predictive Decision Support Intervention…
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Of the 421 hacking/IT incidents and unauthorized access/disclosure incidents attributed to healthcare providers across the United States reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this year, the top 15 data breaches…
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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office for Civil Rights have announced they will be soliciting comments on a proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected…
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Whether it’s a “reusable NLP pipeline for clinical narratives preprocessing and characterization,” an exploration focused on “evaluating Generative AI for polio containment” – or any number of other healthcare-focused applications large and small –…
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The US Department of Health and Human Services recently launched the National Healthcare Safety Dashboard that tracks patient and workforce harm. The goal is to monitor patient safety indicators so that improvement can result….
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The eHealth Exchange said that by designating it as its Qualified Health Information Network, the Indian Health Service is now exchanging health data under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.WHY IT MATTERS
While most…
Once again, organizations across the healthcare industry are appealing to Congressional leaders to extend telehealth flexibilities beyond the December 31 deadline, imploring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate…
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In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office…
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Exclusive: Dr Charlotte Refsum, director of health policy at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), has confirmed she will be part of the data and technology enabling working group for the government’s…
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Victoria announces $14M EMR expansionThe Victorian government is investing A$21.4 million ($14 million) more to replace paper-based patient medical records systems in several public health settings.
In a statement, state health minister Mary-Anne Thomas said…
