Government & Policy

HIMSS: 4 ways tech can help the opioid crisis

By Susan Morse 03:41 pm September 21, 2018

HIMSS on Friday issued a call to the healthcare industry to take action in battling the ongoing opioid crisis in America by using health information and technology.

NHS Digital names first CISO

By Leontina Postelnicu 01:05 pm September 21, 2018

The National Health Service announced that Robert Coles will serve in the newly created chief information security officer role.

3 Massachusetts hospitals fined nearly $1 million by OCR for HIPAA violations

By Jessica Davis 11:36 am September 21, 2018

Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital let ABC film a documentary on site without obtaining patient authorization.

What if healthcare is not broken? And what if we're actually winning the opioid battle?

By Tom Sullivan 09:00 am September 20, 2018

Dave Chase puts forth those contrarian viewpoints in his new book, and predicts that millennials will redirect the future of healthcare – which is a good thing.

Trump's tariff threats on China could hit hospital IT shops

By Susan Morse 05:23 pm September 19, 2018

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to add new import taxes on an additional $257 billion of Chinese goods to the $200 billion established on Monday. This was in response to China on Tuesday announcing plans to impose new tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. exports.

NHS unveils new developer programs to spark innovation for patients

By Leontina Postelnicu 12:02 pm September 19, 2018

The National Health Service in England has announced two new innovator programs to accelerate the use of digital health tools that benefit patients and remove barriers slowing adoption of innovation.

Steve Wretling speaking at a HIMSS event

Interoperability needs an architecture in addition to APIs, HIMSS CTIO Steve Wretling says

By Tom Sullivan 08:00 am September 19, 2018

And there’s already one in the JASON Report from 2014 that was eclipsed by the industry’s excitement about open APIs.

VA will open bidding for VistA EHR support, maintenance

By Jessica Davis 12:36 pm September 18, 2018

Beginning Sept. 21, VA will start accepting proposals for contractors to handle the technical and administrative services of its legacy EHR.

NHS hospital kicks off Axe the Fax initiative

By Leontina Postelnicu 12:33 pm September 18, 2018

Countries around the globe are dealing with legacy fax machines and the UK organization is looking to get rid of its devices by 2019.

US Senate capital building exterior view of dome

Senate passes sweeping opioid response bill with eRx, EHR, PDMP provisions

By Mike Miliard 12:31 pm September 18, 2018

With a rare near-unanimous vote, the United States Senate passed The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 on Monday evening. It's a massive bill comprising a wide array of proposals drawn from five Senate committees, and has many implications for the use and funding of health IT.