Compliance & Legal
The International Cybercrime Prevention Act would create new criminal violations for those targeting hospitals, among other provisions.
The Project US@ initiative aims to support safety, privacy and interoperability by standardizing patient addresses across healthcare.
Vikas Singla was charged with 17 counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and one count of obtaining information from a protected computer.
National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi also outlined his "wish list" for IT innovation at the DirectTrust Summit this week.
HIMSS21
Healthcare lawyers weigh in about how to come into compliance with the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT's rules.
A Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General audit found that the Veterans Health Administration underestimated the cost of its electronic health records modernization project to the tune of billions of dollars.
The agency said it had identified at least 16 incidents over the last year aimed at healthcare and first-responder systems.
In this episode of HIT Cybersecurity, attorney Wynter Deagle, partner at Troutman Pepper, discusses what health systems should be thinking about in terms of incident response, cyber insurance and other compliance questions.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is soliciting public feedback about longer-term health interoperability outcomes.
As hospitals work with their EHR vendors to manage compliance with the ONC rules, some are still seeking clarity – and some say they're skeptical about how much they'll advance interoperability.