Kat Jercich

TechCrunch reports that the EHR and practice management vendor left sensitive patient information unencrypted and vulnerable to exposure on a Microsoft Azure-hosted server.

The National Governors Association released a white paper this week examining state policies around telehealth and outlining key considerations for governors to assess the potential implications of said policies going forward.

Biased algorithms are bad for patients – but with more awareness of potential AI disparities, experts say there's reason for optimism.

At the HIMSS Machine Learning and AI for Healthcare Digital Summit, experts said effective data governance requires visibility and clear ownership.

A new Science report highlights inconsistencies between HHS Protect's information and that from other sources, such as state public health agencies.

A recent JAMIA study found that Epic, Cerner and Allscripts make EHR use measures available in a platform to clients – but athenahealth, eClinicalWorks and NextGen have not.

Introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho, the bipartisan legislation would make funding from the Bureau of Health Workforce conditional on adopting the compact within three years.

The American Telemedicine Association said the newly released final rules move the healthcare industry closer to a value-based care model.

The partnership will use de-identified patient data to zero in on factors that worsen COVID-19 outcomes among certain groups.

Remote patient monitoring ecosystems should not be treated in the same way as traditional endpoints, say cybersecurity experts.