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Gavel on money
By Andrea Fox 11:58 am March 29, 2024
The Rewards for Justice program seeks information leading to the identification or location of any ALPHV BlackCat-linked cyber actor. The group claimed credit for the destabilizing Feb. 21 Change Healthcare ransomware attack. 
By Bill Siwicki 11:41 am March 29, 2024
An accountable care expert offers perspective on the role artificial intelligence can play in transforming risk adjustment, synthesizing quality and risk data, and helping patients more fully engage with their care.
Servicemember hugs child
By Nathan Eddy 10:44 am March 29, 2024
Leidos' Partnership for Defense Health announced the deployment of MHS-Genesis, the U.S. Defense Department's Federal Electronic Health Record system, at the Captain James A.
Clinician charts in an electronic health record
By Nathan Eddy 09:51 am March 29, 2024
"We want to support our clinicians so they can sustainably serve our patients," says the health system's CHIO, who sees big potential for the EHR-linked generative AI tool to reduce administrative burden and alleviate burnout.
Vice President Kamala Harris
By Mike Miliard 09:47 am March 29, 2024
The new Office of Management and Budget policies will require "concrete safeguards" around the transparent and responsible use of artificial intelligence across government – including at the CDC, VA hospitals and other federal sites.
A nurse checking a patient's record on a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 12:58 am March 29, 2024
Also, Indian cancer care network HealthCare Global Enterprises has come out with a new mobile application. 
By Bill Siwicki 12:47 pm March 28, 2024
The personalized, large language model-backed framework is designed to provide support for patient needs – whether answering urgent health questions or just lending an empathetic ear.
Patient checks in with healthcare provider
By Nathan Eddy 10:59 am March 28, 2024
The "outcomes-driven" strategy for the rest of this decade is focused on key goals: boosting access to electronic health information, improving the patient experience by prioritizing health equity and modernizing public health infrastructure.
IT and cybersecurity leaders in server room
By Andrea Fox 10:43 am March 28, 2024
In healthcare, larger hospitals, all critical access hospitals, essential drug manufacturers and Class II and Class III devices would fall under the draft mandatory reporting rules, but health IT developers and others would not.
Treasury bill
By Andrea Fox 01:44 pm March 27, 2024
Washington, Maryland and New Mexico have leveraged funding opportunities and regulatory tools to ease the burden on providers still struggling to operate with claims payments disrupted.