Government & Policy

The legislation would direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop national guidance to cover prescription digital therapeutics under Medicaid and CHIP.

The American Hospital Association is calling for greater federal support for victims of cyberterrorism to help get hospitals back online quickly. It also advises hospitals to coordinate cyber response with their regional emergency planning efforts.

The federal precision medicine initiative aiming to study the DNA of 1 million volunteers has announced that it has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants.

Aster DM Healthcare has been working to connect its hospitals through a single interoperable platform as part of its digital transformation efforts.

Data-driven SDOH insights, links to referrals and payment processing are helping PVA connect veterans to the whole-person care that enables their career pursuits and helps them live full lives.

In this special episode, recorded live in Boston at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, Roshal Marshall of McKesson discusses this and other issues, including AI integrity and information blocking rule compliance.

Insufficient government funding, a lack of interoperability and a scarcity of technology in general are leaving tribal communities underserved, says Tyler LaPlaunt, assistant director at Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions.

A letter from the HIMSS EHR Association outlines concerns and requests clarifications around issues such as automation bias and how the industry would transition away from legacy technologies that conflict with the guidance.