This first installment of the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing and Public Health Interoperability, version two rule finalizes updates to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement and makes some…
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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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Some members of Congress are asking the U.S. Health and Human Services to back away from a years-long effort to establish government-administered artificial intelligence assurance labs and create an AI assurance lab model in…
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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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Similar to its findings last year, the Office of Inspector General said Tuesday that the U.S. Health and Human Services continued to have difficulty in identifying, detecting, responding to and recovering from threats to…
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and Health and Human Services announced the Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications, preventing some patients from losing access to their telehealth-prescribed medications. The agencies…
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The non-profit Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence launches with former HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber as president and CEO. It will offer the Smart Hospital Maturity Model.
The organization, which is funded by Stryker and…
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Hospital price transparency laws were introduced with the goal of making healthcare costs more predictable, increasing competition, and ideally reducing prices. Three years after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented these…
