This episode talks about the ethics of AI in healthcare, what standards and publications can help guide deployment, the challenges AI system designers and implementers face when putting principles and standards into practice, the…
Continue Reading
By Sarai Rodriguez
April 28, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in partnership with the Indian Health Service (IHS), has slated $2.5 million to support the development of produce prescription, a…
Continue Reading
During a discussion at HIMSS23 this past week in Chicago, officials with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT offered some updates on…
Continue Reading
The Office of Civil Rights is offering healthcare providers a 90-day transition period to comply with the HIPAA Rules for telehealth from May 12 to August 9, with OCR continuing its enforcement discretion and…
Continue Reading
By Sara Heath April 20, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its plan to maintain COVID-19 vaccine access for the uninsured even after the end of the public health…
Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has proposed an amendment to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The proposed changes aim to strengthen federal privacy protections for Protected Health Information…
Continue Reading
CHICAGO – At the HIMSS23 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, a leader with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cited some sobering statistics, noting an 86% increase in cyberattacks against hospitals since 2021, with…
Continue Reading
By Jill McKeon April 13, 2023 – The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced that approximately 20,000 Medicaid members may have had their personal information compromised as a result of a third-party data…
Continue Reading
By Anuja Vaidya April 11, 2023 – Federal funding will help expand telehealth services for numerous underserved groups in Western New York. US Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) has secured $2 million in the federal 2023…
Continue Reading
Healthcare leaders from the United States government, private sector, and academia will meet at the HIMSS23 Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago between April 17 and 21. The effects of changing economic trends,…
Continue Reading
