Andrea Fox
A legal settlement directs the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to again make available data that healthcare stakeholders say is essential to designing interventions, tracking healthcare outcomes and allocating resources effectively.
New announcements also include an artificial intelligence tool to improve surgical operations while reducing waste and an EHR-agnostic AI scribe.
The software bill of materials guidance update focuses on improving scalability by refining data fields and supporting automation in security operations, the Homeland Security agency says.
The Recognized Coordinating Entity said the growing national interoperability network now represents thousands of organizations and will continue to expand over the next year.
"Despite the overwhelming strategic priority of improving patient and member experiences, most organizations lack the necessary infrastructure and data integrity to support it," Verato finds.
Creating, maintaining and using an asset inventory and taxonomy can protect a network's most vital assets and help organizations stay ahead of potential cybersecurity and operational threats.
An open letter, signed by current and former CDC, NIH and HHS staff, accuses Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. of sowing public mistrust by making false claims, and asks that he stop misusing agency data.
On Sept. 2, Don Trigg will step into the top role at the healthcare data and technology company. Previously, he served as president of Cerner, where he oversaw the EHR business group, among others.
At UGM25, the EHR giant announced new artificial intelligence models being developed for clinical charting through a collaboration with Microsoft, a patient-facing generative AI chatbot and a revenue cycle management agent.
In one year, AMA's members leaped from curiosity in artificial intelligence tools to their integration into practice. Now, an eight-step governance framework encourages providers to establish AI accountability, oversight and staff training requirements.