Government & Policy

Health information exchanges can help providers and public health departments overcome common obstacles. 

The whole point of electronic health records is to facilitate the sharing of patient data, but that is still difficult, not just because interoperability hasn't been fully achieved, but also because matching patient records is still not easy to achieve – putting patients at risk for incorrect care and also posing privacy concerns, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar joins the roster, which also features Aneesh Chopra, Karen DeSalvo, Michael Levitt, Mick Ebeling, Seema Verma and Susan DeVore.

The association called on government agencies to takes steps toward making data-driven healthcare more commonplace.

The private sector and government have accomplished a lot and the next phase is critical to the best use of APIs.

Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong delivered a ministerial statement on the Committee of Inquiry (COI) report on the SingHealth cyberattack in the Singapore Parliament on January 15 2019.

Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CCIO of Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, says the new government strategy document is pivotal in changing the balance of healthcare by focusing on patient engagement and open standards and ensuring greater data transparency.

The document includes changes made due to comments from stakeholders and it contains new standards and updated characteristics.

Without proper documentation for government regulators, infosec protocols might safeguard data without meeting federal criteria.