Government & Policy

Healthcare worker using laptop next to medical equipment
By Jeff Lagasse 01:39 pm November 02, 2023
Doctors' Management Services failed to determine the potential risks and vulnerabilities in the breach, HHS says.
HHS headquarters in Washington
By Mike Miliard 10:01 am October 31, 2023
The CMS-based disincentives outlined in the proposed rule from ONC published Monday would penalize hospitals under the Promoting Interoperability Program, eligible clinicians under MIPS and ACO participants under the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
U.S. President Joe Biden issues executive order on AI safety
By Mike Miliard 09:52 am October 30, 2023
The White House plan for "safe, secure and trustworthy" artificial intelligence wants the Department of Health and Human Services to have a mechanism in place to collect reports of "harms or unsafe healthcare practices," and act to remedy them.
group of healthcare workers talking over hospital bed
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By 05:09 am October 30, 2023
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A male doctor sits with another man and they are looking at SDOH data on a mobile device.
By Andrea Fox 05:26 pm October 27, 2023
By integrating a patient portal screening tool into the clinical workflow, Tufts University researchers aim to advance the use of HIT to identify food-insecure and nutrition-insecure patients and pave the way to interventions like nutrition prescriptions.
Code on a computer monitor
By Andrea Fox 03:48 pm October 26, 2023
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services released the Cybersecurity Toolkit for Healthcare and Public Health after a discussion on cybersecurity challenges the U.S.
Young person sits on a couch and types on a mobile phone
By Andrea Fox 01:16 pm October 24, 2023
Its partnership with Freshpaint seeks to support hospitals, health systems and health plans by configuring their patient engagement ecosystems to support compliance with HIPAA privacy rules and regulations.
A digital-first virtual health consult
By Mike Miliard 11:18 am October 23, 2023
The Defense Health Agency has earmarked as much as $180 million for the project, which seeks to build a next-generation hybrid care platform for the U.S. Military Health System
A doctor appears on a tablet having a telehealth visit with a person with short hair.
By Andrea Fox 10:52 am October 19, 2023
OCR's new resources aim to shore up telehealth privacy practices by helping healthcare organizations guide patients in basic cyber hygiene that can better protect their PHI when accessing virtual care through websites and apps.
Male doctor in a medical mask works at his desktop.
By Andrea Fox 10:32 am October 18, 2023
CISA highlights five recently detected vulnerabilities to its KEV catalog and creates a new list of misconfigurations and weaknesses known to be used in ransomware campaigns, and HC3 warns about NoEscape ransomware.