Mike Miliard
He's concerned that the acquisition would "provide Amazon with access to enormous tranches of patient data."
The interoperability framework will now allow agencies to opt in – widening data exchange across public and private sectors.
John Kansky, president and CEO of Indiana Health Information Exchange, discusses how statewide and regional exchanges have evolved during the pandemic, and predicts where they're headed next.
The collaboration, which will see the health systems working with deidentified data for algorithm development and validation, will focus on patient outcomes and aim toward "personalized, predictive and proactive medicine."
With a House bill that would extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities through 2024 set to be debated this week, the American Telemedicine Association is asking policymakers to safeguard two other key provisions.
As artificial intelligence and machine learning are deployed more widely and consequentially across healthcare and elsewhere, "it is vital that we address safety, security and equity concerns."
"The Department of Justice is committed to prosecuting people who abuse our healthcare system and exploit telemedicine technologies in fraud and bribery schemes," says assistant AG.
The merger agreement with the IT-driven primary care company aims to make healthcare more "accessible, affordable and even enjoyable" with in-person and virtual care services.
Health systems in Kansas and Colorado had made sizable bitcoin payments after ransomware attacks. That money has now been recovered by the FBI and will be returned.
By offering the AI-powered clinical documentation tool through the Microsoft Marketplace, the company hopes to broaden uptake and help alleviate clinician burnout.