Government & Policy

UK HealthTech Advisory Board members announced

By Leontina Postelnicu 08:59 am November 19, 2018

The UK’s HealthTech Advisory Board, created to help guide the government and look at transforming the use of technology across the NHS, will meet for the first time today, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said.

An artist's impression of a new Dunedin Hospital. Photo: New Dunedin Hospital

A new digital hospital in the works at New Zealand’s Dunedin city

By Dean Koh 11:23 pm November 18, 2018

Dunedin, the second largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the principal city of the Otago region, is currently making plans for a new digital hospital.

Dr. Michael Abramoff, founder and CEO of IDx Technologies (Photo: FTC)

FTC hearing: Not all AI is created equal, so safety and validation are critical

By Mike Miliard 12:08 pm November 14, 2018

At a two-day event to learn about the ethics and consumer implications of artificial intelligence, an ONC official and tech developer offered the healthcare perspective.

Report on informatics systems in NHS Wales raises "alarming findings"

By Leontina Postelnicu 11:01 am November 08, 2018

The Welsh Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the “competence, capability and capacity" across the system to digitise healthcare services in Wales after an inquiry uncovered a “raft of problems”, from delays in the delivery of digital projects to “unclear” lines of accountability.

Health IT takeaways from the midterm elections

By Tom Sullivan 01:23 pm November 07, 2018

What the 116th Congress might mean for the fate of the ACA and healthcare technology.

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NHS Scotland to strengthen cyber resilience with new Microsoft partnership

By Leontina Postelnicu 01:00 pm November 01, 2018

NHS Scotland has signed a new agreement with Microsoft to deploy Office 365 and migrate all systems to Windows 10 E5 during the next three years in an effort to boost cyber resilience and mitigate any potential threats.

NHS Digital to cut 500 jobs in major restructure

By Leontina Postelnicu 10:55 am November 01, 2018

NHS Digital will cut around 500 jobs in a major restructure expected to "change the skills and capability of its workforce", Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has said.

CMS responds to data breach affecting 75,000 in federal ACA portal

By Susan Morse 12:29 pm October 22, 2018

Open enrollment, which begins November 1, will not be negatively impacted, CMS says.

FDA, DHS to increase collaboration on medical device security and framework

By Jessica Davis 06:16 pm October 17, 2018

While the two federal agencies have worked together on vulnerability disclosures in the past, a new memorandum of agreement will improve coordination.

Sequoia Project launches new public-private interoperability initiative

By Mike Miliard 11:34 am October 17, 2018

The cooperative aims to bring stakeholders together to find new and pragmatic approaches to data sharing, and come up with ways to combat information blocking.