Government & Policy
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' latest revision and reshuffling of healthcare and technology function also moves some key C-suite technology leaders to the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
The assessment found Korean hospitals show strong performance in governance and interoperability, but slower progress in patient-facing services.
Sustaining Rural Health
The state's Rural Health Transformation Program initiative seeks to balance federal funding changes with telehealth, artificial intelligence and workforce initiatives.
The U.S. Attorney's Office investigated the Veterans Affairs' electronic health modernization project director from 2017 to 2021 and alleges he accepted thousands in cash, casino chips and other gifts from federal contractors.
A government-backed initiative has recently collected over a million biospecimens and ultrasound images from 12,000 pregnant persons in India to develop pregnancy AI solutions.
Also, participating vendors have passed conformance with Australia's electronic national residential medication chart.
The infant feeding support program operates on a $150,000 annual budget.
Greater telemedicine coverage in Medicare may not substantially improve access for low-resourced and rural communities, according to new research published by the JAMA Network.
The new committee under the Australian Digital Health Agency will advise the government on the safe rollout of AI, telehealth, and data sharing as digital health adoption accelerates nationwide.
With the VA Interoperability Pledge, Veteran Confirmation API and other efforts, the agency has improved cross-sector collaboration, coordinating care and benefits for more than 1 million veterans, said speakers at HIMSS26.