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By Dean Koh | 02:13 am | February 07, 2019
In May 2018, Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that the Health Ministry will be setting up an independent Health Advisory Council within 100 days to advise the ministry on strengthening healthcare delivery.
By Tom Sullivan | 04:08 pm | February 06, 2019
The EHR maker allegedly falsified EHR certification, neglected to fix problems it knew about and paid customers kickbacks to recommend its product to others.
By Nathan Eddy | 10:50 am | February 06, 2019
New American Hospital Report says that today’s problems also make it harder for rural providers to prepare for tomorrow’s challenges.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:19 am | February 05, 2019
Pew’s director of HIT Ben Moscovitch says consumers prefer biometrics, notably fingerprinting, facial recognition and iris scans, for a unique identifier.
By Nathan Eddy | 10:02 am | February 05, 2019
The industry is faring worse than others in complying with the European Union’s General Data Protection Rules, one expert says.
By Diana Manos | 10:05 am | February 01, 2019
HealthlinkNY and HealtheConnections will leverage best practices and team skills of both health information exchanges to improve care delivery, officials said.
By Diana Manos | 03:53 pm | January 30, 2019
Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council issued a new report saying infosec demands cross-sector collaboration.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:14 am | January 30, 2019
How an interdisciplinary kaizen group within CDC is charting a roadmap for future metrics to improve population health and provider satisfaction.
By Diana Manos | 05:14 pm | January 29, 2019
As the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT comments period drew to a close, a number of organizations weighed in about how to improve electronic health records platforms.
By Mike Miliard | 01:36 pm | January 29, 2019
As suicides increase and the opioid crisis continues, Congress, HHS and others need to do more to enable data sharing for at-risk patients.