Government & Policy
Telehealth
The HELP committee bill outlines ways to expand care access for addicted patients while placing limits on prescriptions.
Electronic Health Records
The House Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs voted to fund the VA’s planned EHR modernization project with $1.
Data Warehousing
The Defense Health Agency is considering new technology to help it manage the increase of clinical data from its ongoing EHR modernization.
Electronic Health Records
Despite their apparent promise to advance interoperability of clinical and claims data, exactly when the Blue Button 2.0 and MyHealthEData initiatives that CMS unveiled at HIMSS18 will be fully implemented remains unclear.
Quality & Safety
A letter signed by 19 U.S. Senators says that removing health and scientific data from various federal websites undermines access to evidence-based care resources.
IT Infrastructure
Some NHS units failed because the Cyber Essentials Plus sets a high bar, while others simply have not patched their systems appropriately, the U.K. Commons Public Accounts committee found.
Interoperability
The latest federal move in the fight to combat opioid abuse will have states sharing PDMP data with the DEA.
Compliance
The agency released a five-point plan outlining regulatory changes to bolster medical device safety, including requiring manufacturers ensure devices can be updated and patched.
Electronic Health Records
Just weeks after David Shulkin was ousted as VA Secretary, Scott Blackburn, one of the leaders of the department's EHR modernization project, announced his departure on Twitter.
Analytics
The defense agency wants to assess service members' health using mobile device sensors for its Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health program, but some privacy advocates are concerned.