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The scholarship recognizes the leadership and innovation in digital health technology of its namesake, the HIMSS president and chief executive for more than 17 years.

Chartis, Kaiser Permanente alum has more than 35 years experience in digital health and has served as vice chair of the association's board.

CEO Stephen Lieber said the move will help speed the time for cutting-edge health IT products to reach the market. 

Organization asks HHS to move the deadline from Jan. 1, 2018, to July 1, 2018, to account for government delay in releasing final specs.

The industry association calls on CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt to focus on the key issues of data sharing and interoperability and to reduce the need for multiple reports from IT systems.

HIMSS is pushing the National Institute of Standards and Technology to keep its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity voluntary.

Hearst Health and the Jefferson College of Population Health have a panel of judges selecting an organization or individual to receive a $100,000 cash award outstanding achievement in the field of population health management.

The new conference will focus on cyber-security, population health and mhealth.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee gave the 21st Century Cures bill a unanimous sendoff Thursday, voting 51-0 to approve. But the proposed legislation faces big hurdles on the interoperability front.

Developing new cures for the thousands of diseases for which there is none may seem all well and good -- but some patient advocates say the 21st Century Cures initiative launched by a House of Representatives panel is throwing privacy out the window.