Government & Policy
Interoperability
HIMSS on Friday issued a call to the healthcare industry to take action in battling the ongoing opioid crisis in America by using health information and technology.
The National Health Service announced that Robert Coles will serve in the newly created chief information security officer role.
Privacy & Security
Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital let ABC film a documentary on site without obtaining patient authorization.
Patient Engagement
Dave Chase puts forth contrarian viewpoints in his new book, and predicts that millennials will redirect the future of healthcare – which is a good thing.
President Trump on Wednesday threatened to add new import taxes on an additional $257 billion of Chinese goods to the $200 billion established on Monday.
Interoperability
The National Health Service in England has announced two new innovator programs to accelerate the use of digital health tools that benefit patients and remove barriers slowing adoption of innovation.
Electronic Health Records
And there’s already one in the JASON Report from 2014 that was eclipsed by the industry’s excitement about open APIs.
Electronic Health Records
Beginning Sept. 21, VA will start accepting proposals for contractors to handle the technical and administrative services of its legacy EHR.
Countries around the globe are dealing with legacy fax machines and the UK organization is looking to get rid of its devices by 2019.
Electronic Health Records
With a rare near-unanimous vote, the United States Senate passed The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 on Monday evening.