Government & Policy

Leidos' Partnership for Defense Health announced the deployment of MHS-Genesis, the U.

The new Office of Management and Budget policies will require "concrete safeguards" around the transparent and responsible use of artificial intelligence across government – including at the CDC, VA hospitals and other federal sites.

The "outcomes-driven" strategy for the rest of this decade is focused on key goals: boosting access to electronic health information, improving the patient experience by prioritizing health equity and modernizing public health infrastructure.

In healthcare, larger hospitals, all critical access hospitals, essential drug manufacturers and Class II and Class III devices would fall under the draft mandatory reporting rules, but health IT developers and others would not.

Washington, Maryland and New Mexico have leveraged funding opportunities and regulatory tools to ease the burden on providers still struggling to operate with claims payments disrupted.

Because a high-risk flag had been inactivated in the hospital’s new Oracle electronic health record, clinicians did not evaluate a veteran's mental health and medication restart request, contributing to an overdose seven weeks after a missed appointment.

Among the top global policy issues at HIMSS24: AI regulation, patient access and equity. Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, explains how the organization advocates for health policies that support those goals.  

Never before has healthcare cybersecurity been so critical. The risks to patient safety and business continuity are immense. Here are some perspectives and best practices for protecting your organization.

In an update on several looming regulatory deadlines, the HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association said it asked ONC for enforcement discretion on a December 1 deadline.