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By Bill Siwicki | 05:19 pm | February 17, 2016
Apple chief defies government demands to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists, creating a backdoor into the system’s software.
By Mike Miliard | 12:03 pm | February 17, 2016
Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology says the feds should do more than just suggest safeguards.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:02 pm | February 15, 2016
The healthcare economist and 20-year HIMSS attendee says the patient component of healthcare is finally coming of age.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:42 am | February 10, 2016
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday passed the bipartisan Improving Health Information Technology Act with a vote of 22-0.
By Henry Powderly | 10:15 am | February 10, 2016
Republicans, blasting the proposal as overzealous when it comes to spending, have already shot down the 2017 budget.
By Jessica Davis | 11:55 am | February 09, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules on patient record disclosures to ensure substance use disorder patients can participate in new integrated healthcare models without risk of having their records shared inappropriately.
By Susan Morse | 09:27 am | February 05, 2016
The administration's 2016 year-end goal was to have 10 million people covered through the exchanges.
By Henry Powderly | 12:33 pm | February 02, 2016
Hillary Clinton won a slim victory over Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucus on Monday while Tea Party Republican Ted Cruz upset boisterous billionaire Donald Trump to win the bulk of his party's delegates.
By Bernie Monegain | 03:40 pm | February 01, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator announced Monday that CMS would extend the deadline for commenting on quality reporting and certification of EHR products.
By Jack McCarthy | 03:11 pm | February 01, 2016
While the Republican candidates mostly spar over how they will repeal Obamacare, Democrats say they would build on the existing reform.