Government & Policy
The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act, which would offer grants to help healthcare organizations improve their prevention and response capabilities, moved out of the HELP Committee for consideration in the full Senate.
Aneesh Chopra, the first chief technology officer of the United States appointed by President Barack Obama and currently the chair of the Arcadia Institute, discusses how AI regulation has evolved through different presidential administrations.
Also, the Australian Digital Health Agency has introduced a train-the-trainer toolkit for teaching digital health in universities.
Its private operator has sought a court injunction to help protect the information of possibly affected patients.
The commission has closed its investigation into the EHR vendor's financial reporting problems, which had caused Nasdaq delisting, without further action. The company reports being current with SEC filings and steady financial performance.
Michael Dalton of non-profit virtual care provider Ovatient discusses whether the federal program is a short-term patch for struggling rural hospitals or the last chance to move rural healthcare onto a model that works at scale.
The EHIgnite Challenge antes up $500,000 to help encourage development of new analytics approaches to turning electronic health information into "actionable insights for patient and clinicians."
Ryan M. Harrison of the CDC joins MobiHealthNews to preview his upcoming HIMSS26 talk where he'll discuss how the agency’s Technical Reference Architecture accelerates digital transformation across federal public health systems.
The plans are committing to adopt value-driven payment structures that expand tech-enabled care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions.
This comes as it recently extended the screening age to 74 and started transitioning to a population-based digital register.