Government & Policy

The National Institutes of Health is challenging biotech researchers to build a wearable device that can measure blood alcohol in real-time, and it will offer funding for researchers who find out how to better use electronic health record data for alcohol treatment.

The providers will create a new facility to employ interventions tailored to the specific patient population, along with an initiative to reduce obesity.

Ahead of UK e-Health Week 2017, leaders from the heath IT community gathered to discuss some of the key issues surrounding NHS and supplier partnerships.

Alex Meshkin explains the emerging company's plan to let the VA's 22 million patient records data speak for itself, and then tackle disease problems based on what it tells them.

CMMI said one model will test a four-step process to integrate shared decision-making into clinical practice while the other focuses on shared decision-making outside the doctor’s office. 

HHS Office for Civil Rights said the chances of getting audited are slim, but officials offered advice about what they're looking for when they do conduct an assessment.

Notwithstanding his cryptic if not contradictory stances on the Affordable Care Act, President-elect Donald Trump has a detailed platform on cybersecurity.

The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals are warning President-elect Trump and top leaders in the House and Senate that repealing Obamacare is likely to spell disaster for healthcare.

In a world where cyber criminals can exfiltrate healthcare data from the other side of the globe, health systems have their work cut out for them when it comes to protecting patient information.

Sprawling health bill expected to pass the Senate.