Government & Policy
George Pappas, healthcare cybersecurity expert and CEO of Intraprise Health, says HIPAA is just a baseline for new state regulations that include incident reporting within 72 hours.
The third extension of pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities through the end of next year will give the agencies time to promulgate final regulations and providers time to comply, the agencies said.
The president-elect says RFK Jr. will help protect Americans from "pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives."
In a letter to the FDA, members of Congress cite confusion over providers' deployment of clinical decision support software that is exempt from medical device regulations and call for clarity from its Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The former GOP congressman from Georgia has served as a U.S. Navy chaplain and is a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He would inherit a major EHR modernization initiative, currently paused but slated to restart in 2025, among other IT imperatives.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sees three areas of concern as artificial intelligence is used across critical infrastructure sectors: attacks using AI, attacks targeting AI systems and design, and implementation failures.
The agency is proposing telehealth access grants to establish fixed, secure environments outfitted with reliable internet and secure video that connect veterans hobbled by the digital divide to health services.
For Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS senior director of government relations Valerie Rogers explains how state and federal policies, along with IT innovations that promote data modernization and exchange, are improving perinatal health outcomes.
For Global Health Equity Week, Knight Consulting principal and New Jersey HIMSS member Mike Relli, describes how Section 1115 waivers can help states boost access and reduce SDOH disparities for citizens reentering the community after incarceration.
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response will be surveying agencies to assess the readiness of state, local, tribal and territorial public health organizations to manage cyber threats and gauge their needs for support.