Government & Policy

Most providers say having the majority of their payers support the Prior Authorization API requirements is extremely important.

Its batch-style approach allows both providers and payers to extract large datasets, stream them into analytics platforms and use them for data pipelines and population-level analysis, interoperability leaders showed at HIMSS26.

The Value-Based Digital Health Innovation Canvas, developed with Monash University researchers, aims to help Indonesian hospitals align digital innovation with SATUSEHAT and meet measurable outcomes.

CIO Richard Taggart says the framework introduces a risk-based governance model for AI use in NSW public hospitals and establishes an AI advisory service to review projects and guide safe implementation.

The Department of Disease Control and the National Science and Technology Development Agency will jointly promote R&D translation and government-wide collaboration to modernise public health monitoring.

The attack on the global medical device tech company, claimed by a pro-Iran hacktivist organization, used Microsoft software to wipe more than 200,000 devices. Michigan hospitals are reportedly taking precautions, such as using backup communications.

"Kill the clipboard" is a mantra of CMS as the agency advocates for patients to be able to scan a QR code to bring their data to their provider.

At HIMSS26, Dr. Mehmet Oz talked with HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf about tech advances at CMS, including using modern identity tools to help Medicare beneficiaries safely access and control their data across care settings.

To get innovative healthcare technologies into the hands of providers, patients and others, it takes a community of partners to turn policy signals into market momentum.

To build resiliency across their diverse populations, Colorado and Louisiana are harnessing advanced technical and financial innovations to improve collaboration in healthcare delivery as they balance policy decisions and priorities.