Government & Policy
Privacy & Security
NHS & Department of Health warned to ‘get their act together’ after National Audit Office WannaCry …
National Audit Office investigation into the WannaCry attack finds NHS organisations ‘had tended to overestimate’ their readiness to deal with cyber attacks.
State and local health and human services agencies progress in their use of digital tech to be more effective and efficient, new survey reveals.
Analytics
The federal agency wants to share the anonymous DNA blood samples of half a million veterans for use in research.
Electronic Health Records
While the launch of the new EHR will take just 18 months, the whole system overhaul will take much longer.
Privacy & Security
The embattled company is hoping to prove its innocence and regain the trust lost by continued reports that the company may have ties to Russia.
Quality & Safety
Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act turned Medicaid into a lifelong program for people it was never meant to support, Verma says.
Compliance
The case was dismissed based on jurisdiction, but the VA and Cerner both say CliniComp has not shown why the VA’s decision is illegal or unjustified.
Privacy & Security
Energy and Commerce Chairman Rep. Greg Walden is hoping Nuance’s experience falling victim to the global cyberattack in June can provide valuable insights for other organizations.
IT Infrastructure
The bill - written by the VA and proposed to Congress - would expand care access for veterans and make it legally easier to share patient records between the VA and outside providers.
Analytics
Immunization tracking method leverages an open source tool developed by NIST and can be fully integrated into EHRs and other clinical software.