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A final rule is expected later this spring, and many of its proposed changes would be time‑consuming and costly for covered entities and business associates to manage. But implementing some of these practices and controls could help.

A data architect at Texas' Midland Memorial Hospital offers some up-close perspective on the state of data exchange today, and describes what needs to be done to get to a state of "true" interoperability.

The new Microsoft Copilot Health, which will be available through a phased rollout, is aimed at helping people better understand their health records and wearable data through AI analysis.

At HIMSS26, leaders from CMS and ASTP/ONC discussed the two different but complementary approaches to interoperability, likening the first one to the tides and the second to a speedboat.

At HIMSS26, the EHR vendor is unveiling technology that brings conversational AI to the point of care, an AI-powered companion to portals, a denial agent to claims, and more. The COO discusses the tech and the potential benefits.

Also, General Practice New Zealand has called for minimum cybersecurity standards in primary care following recent reports of breaches.

The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center is warning American health systems to shore up their cybersecurity posture against the threat of distributed denial-of-service attacks stemming from the military conflict with Iran.

A top AI researcher at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describes the good and the bad of patients' increasing use of large language models to research their health. Health systems must embrace this new trend, he says.

Whiddon deputy CEO and COO Alyson Jarrett shares plans to explore data analytics, virtual care, and AI after establishing interoperability across 24 nationwide settings.

What makes the New Zealand case worth following is what the investigations are actually testing: Are health systems truly designed to protect highly sensitive information?