Government & Policy

Fauci denies allegations he was involved in some sort of conspiracy at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

While UnitedHealth has yet to file a data breach report with HHS, covered entities can delegate the job of notifying patients that their healthcare data was exposed in the crippling ransomware attack to the UHG subsidiary.

The apparent reduction comes as New Zealand zeroes in on frontline health services.

Anna Basevich, SVP of enterprise partnerships and customer enablement at Arcadia, explains how MA plans will need to measure performance ahead of 2027 when CMS will start rewarding plans that demonstrate progress in addressing health disparities.  

The Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology finds artificial intelligence-driven clinical documentation is helping to solve physician burnout, but the value for benefits administration is yet to be determined.

Also, India is seeking Google's help in creating AI and digital tools for building its digital health infrastructure.

PointClickCare adds 40 Texas hospitals with a new partnership. A Connecticut state audit discovers undisclosed health information exchange data breaches. Oklahoma backpedals on its data exchange mandate.

Healthcare organizations with fewer resources could use the new free and open-source tools to validate any artificial intelligence model and monitor its ongoing performance. "This is your cookbook," says Corey Miller, Epic's VP of R&D.

It will be patterned after the US Core Data for Interoperability standards.

The Productivity Commission has flagged the poor usability of the system despite substantial uptake from consumers and health professionals.