Government & Policy

Former U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra said that CMS embracing FHIR means an end to any fight over data standards.

The agency is dealing with interoperability and cybersecurity, just like everyone – but add to those hurdles a vast and work-intensive EHR overhaul, stringent budgetary requirements and challenges with workforce visibility, and the DHA has a tall order.

With worries that China and other countries are outpacing the U.S. in artificial intelligence maturity, the initiative seeks to boost R&D and education. But it's spare on specifics and has no new funding attached.

At the HIMSS19 Precision Medicine Summit, John Halamka and other healthcare leaders described how policy, technology, clinical processes and patient engagement need to evolve to make it a reality for primary care.

Healthcare providers and plans need to implement open data sharing technologies to support transitions of care as patients move between plan types.

Offerings include record locator service, identity management and document retrieval, the company says.

A national database of usability and safety issues, and enforcement of basic design and UX standards, are just two ways the promise of the past decade can be realized.

The initiative will tap into emerging technologies, potentially blockchain, to improve supply chain safety and security.

The EHR vendor signed a corporate integrity agreement that lays out action items for the next five years.

The agency will continue its resolve to uncover and pursue cases to protect the public from corporate greed, U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan says.