Government & Policy

His paper calls for a federal healthcare cybersecurity leader and discusses key challenges for regulatory agencies, as well as potential mandates and incentive programs. One industry CISO comments.

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the EHR vendor accepted and provided "unlawful remuneration in exchange for referrals and by causing its users to report inaccurate information in connection with claims for federal incentive payments."

AHRQ is helping the transition towards evidence-based recommendations to guide clinical decision-making that incorporates patients' needs and preferences. 

In the new peer-to-peer learning forum, participating organizations will test using FHIR standards to exchange information about social determinants of health in primary care

COVID-19 and civil unrest in 2020 spotlighted serious healthcare disparities. Have companies that announced efforts to combat inequities done enough? Jasmaine McClain, principal of the Health Equity Alliance at the Health Management Academy, discusses.

Technology, clinicians and pharmacies all have key roles to play in dealing with the social determinants of health, say Iris Frye and Nicholas Christiano Jr., co-chairs of Health Equity Policy Task Force under the HIMSS Public Policy Committee.

It is delivering on reform promises made following the recommendations of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

During Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS is calling on its members to contact senators and state governors to make policy changes preserving virtual care flexibilities and modernizing information and technology systems to improve perinatal healthcare.