Government & Policy

States reported high utilization of behavioral telehealth services across all or most populations served by Medicaid. Many reported permanent adoption of pandemic-era telehealth policy expansions.

Leaders from Samsung Medical Center describe how the South Korean government has been collaborating with hospitals like theirs to build data-driven and research-centered institutions that deliver excellent care.

The social media giant says it will appeal the European Union's decision that Meta Platforms violated GDPR. We asked one privacy lawyer whether the decision might penetrate the company's reliance on contractual necessity in the U.S.

Under the subcontract the company will help the U.S. Centers for Disease Control examine applications and help migrate systems to the cloud as part of the agency's digital transformation.

The ONC study of national survey data examined the percentage by race and ethnicity of patients offered access to a patient portal, and the role of providers in facilitating the process. For those offered access, health disparities largely diminished.

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health and its partners have big plans in the coming years, says Director and Chief Innovation Officer James Hury, who shares what excites him about new avenues in space flight.

Tom Leary, Valerie Rogers and David Gray of the HIMSS Government Relations team unpack what the federal and state ballot results will hold for health policy going forward.

Workforce challenges, patient engagement efforts, ongoing interoperability hurdles and some big announcements from legacy EHR and Big Tech players were among the news and reports that captured the most attention this past year.