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Government & Policy

Innovation
By HIMSS TV | 09:30 am | June 25, 2018
Pia Heikkurinen, theme specialist, capacity renewal at Sitra, talks about the support the Finnish government is giving Sitra to back digital health startups and other healthcare innovators.
By Healthcare IT News Staff | 11:16 am | June 22, 2018
Submissions for speaking opportunities at the health IT conference are open until July 16.
Interoperability
By HIMSS TV | 03:25 pm | June 21, 2018
Jordi Piera Jimenez, chief information and R&D officer at Badalona Serveis Assistencials in Spain, says good systems and shared frameworks are important, but having government policy drive integration is key.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 02:43 pm | June 21, 2018
The database will help EHR vendors incorporate health IT standards to smooth the exchange of patient information across care settings.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 09:54 am | June 21, 2018
The event, on Aug. 13, will host app developers to build and innovate software that can help patients access and understand their health data, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said.
Population Health
By HIMSS TV | 04:03 pm | June 20, 2018
itra Director Jaana Sinipuro discusses the ideals and successes that have defined Finnish healthcare as one of the most impactful systems in the world.
Analytics
By Jessica Davis | 05:15 pm | June 19, 2018
Veterans Health Affairs’ director of standards and interoperability warns that FHIR is not a cure all, just one valuable asset in a tech toolbox.
Compliance
By Jessica Davis | 04:12 pm | June 19, 2018
The cancer research center argued it didn’t need to encrypt its data as it was for research, but a federal judge upheld the OCR fine.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 01:29 pm | June 18, 2018
The UK has an opportunity to 'lead the world in the use of data and technology to prevent illness', Prime Minister Theresa May said in a speech today marking a £20bn funding boost for the NHS.
Electronic Health Records
By Bernie Monegain | 10:01 am | June 18, 2018
A brief look at what hospitals should know about hundreds of patents tech giants have filed relative to health IT.