Government & Policy

Thailand’s plan to implement price controls on medical supplies and services: A shift towards better digital health adoption?

By Dean Koh 02:23 am January 28, 2019

In December 2018, Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce announced plans to put medical-related fees, including drugs, supplies and service charges, on the price control list of the government’s central committee on prices of goods and services.

Kelly Cronin leaves ONC after 15 years

By Diana Manos 08:53 am January 25, 2019

The first employee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is taking a new role in a different federal unit.

HITRUST builds GDPR into its data protection framework

By Diana Manos 02:40 pm January 24, 2019

The organization is broadening into a single assessment tool for varying regulations around the world.

Policy, process changes needed to safely integrate AI into clinical workflows

By Mike Miliard 02:34 pm January 24, 2019

A new report from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy explores some of the policy changes that should be made to enable safer and more effective deployment of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

American Hospital Association, other groups call for widespread effort to accelerate interoperability

By Diana Manos 02:55 pm January 22, 2019

More and more healthcare organizations are urging a broader swath of the industry to get involved driving interoperability. The latest is a Jan. 22 report from seven leading national hospital associations urging “all stakeholders” to take part.

HL7 gives a glimpse of FHIR 5

By Tom Sullivan 01:16 pm January 21, 2019

Organization says 5 will build on FHIR 4 with more normative content, support for apps that use multiple versions of the spec and other advancements.

How HIEs can enable public health reporting when EHRs fall short

By Tom Sullivan 09:42 am January 21, 2019

Health information exchanges can help providers and public health departments overcome common obstacles.

GAO's latest report on patient matching: It's still not easy

By Diana Manos 03:16 pm January 18, 2019

The whole point of electronic health records is to facilitate the sharing of patient data, but that is still difficult, not just because interoperability hasn't been fully achieved, but also because matching patient records is still not easy to achieve – putting patients at risk

HHS Secretary Alex Azar is a keynote speaker at HIMSS19.

Here’s the lineup of HIMSS19 keynote speakers

By Susan Morse 09:55 am January 18, 2019

HHS Secretary Alex Azar joins the roster, which also features Aneesh Chopra, Karen DeSalvo, Michael Levitt, Mick Ebeling, Seema Verma and Susan DeVore.