Government & Policy

Babylon GP at Hand smartphone app screen snaps

Babylon’s GP at Hand smartphone app.

UK health chiefs block controversial app for patient safety concerns

By Tonya Stewart 04:22 pm August 21, 2018

While a recent review showed Babylon’s GP at Hand smartphone app improved care access, the plans to expand its roll-out were prohibited by officials.

HHS reassigns CIO Beth Killoran in latest staffing shake-up

By Jessica Davis 01:49 pm August 21, 2018

Just two months after House and Senate committees criticized the department for its instability, HHS moves Beth Killoran to the Office of the Surgeon General.

UK's NHS struggling with security after WannaCry, losing 10K patient records last year

By Jessica Davis 12:59 pm August 21, 2018

Months after all NHS trusts failed security assessments, a new assessment from a think tank found the majority of hospitals still are leaning on handwritten documentation, and often misplace patient records.

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President Donald Trump's beach front Mar-a-Lago resort. Photo by Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Update: Vets group sues Trump administration to end 'Mar-A-Lago Council' influence on VA

By Jessica Davis 02:17 pm August 20, 2018

Following the launch of an investigation by Congressional Democrats into cronyism at the agency, the lawsuit asks the court to block the trio who reportedly influenced the agency’s Cerner EHR contract and other policies.

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Australian digital health company partners with DoD on deployment readiness app

By Lynne Minion 03:42 pm August 17, 2018

ResApp will partner with Lockheed Martin to join the US government’s "Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health" effort to develop audio-based machine learning algorithms using smartphone microphones.

Optum secures a piece of $50 billion government IT contract

By Susan Morse 02:42 pm August 16, 2018

OptumRx is changing its medication containers for temperature-sensitive prescriptions for home delivery to renewable cotton that is biodegradable, compostable, reusable and recyclable.

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HRSA to give $125 million to community health centers for IT-enabled quality improvement

By Mike Miliard 02:09 pm August 16, 2018

The grants from the HHS agency aim to boost use of health information technology for cost-efficiencies and outcomes improvement at small hospitals.

Maryland's state house and capital in Annapolis.

Maryland fails OIG security audit, potentially put Medicaid patient data at risk

By Jessica Davis 12:48 pm August 16, 2018

While the state program had a security program in place, it lacked sufficient controls over the data and its operation.

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Is FDA doing enough to support medical device security?

By Jessica Davis 09:53 am August 15, 2018

McAfee researchers show just how easy it is to hack into devices -- but new MedCrypt data shows government guidance may be putting device manufacturers on the right trajectory to shore up this real threat.

CMS, USDS innovators on the future of Blue Button 2.0

By Tom Sullivan 01:23 pm August 14, 2018

With more than 700 developers now in the Blue Button sandbox, officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Digital Service say we are just scratching the surface of what the API-first approach can accomplish.