Government & Policy
The U.S. Virgin Islands signs with CRISP for a data and interoperability pilot program while Ontario launches an eHub with Oracle Health and the NOLA HIE rebrands.
Dr. Don Rucker, now chief strategy officer with 1upHealth, weighs in on where TEFCA is headed and his fundamental concerns about veering away from the way the rest of industry computes.
Dr. Don Rucker, now chief strategy officer with 1upHealth, makes the case for a FHIR-based TEFCA to hasten the speed of interoperability. "Let's not reinvent," he said.
A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced the updated 2023 version of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act. A companion bill was introduced in the House.
Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld sworn in as the first openly gay person to serve as AMA president.
To help payers and providers manage the social determinant factors of value-based care, the company will deliver groceries and medications that healthcare coordinators order for patients.
They say a vulnerability in MOVEit, a managed file transfer product from Progress Software that provides automated high-volume, HIPAA- and GDPR-compliant transfers, could leave hospitals or healthcare organizations at risk.
Representatives from WHO European region member countries gathered to assess their digital health journeys at the HIMSS23 European Health Conference and Exhibition.
Kurt DelBene spoke this week about how small contractors can get up to bat for more Veterans Affairs IT projects, and discussed how too much parsing on major federal initiatives – like Healthcare.gov, which he helped rescue – can lead to failed strategy.
Plans to open a new office in Summer 2023 were unveiled at the HIMSS23 European Health Conference and Exhibition today.