Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is extending the application deadline for the Deputy Secretary’s Innovation and Investment Summit (DSIIS) to October 12, 2018. As announced on September 19, 2018, the DSIIS will be a yearlong collaboration between healthcare innovation and investment professionals and HHS personnel who will meet ...
Facilities earn the designation by using technology to optimize patient care, including EHRs, HIE, analytics, clinical decision support and more. Powered by WPeMatico
This case study shows how Hardin Memorial Hospital lowered that rate from 5.6 to 2.2 percent – and improved its HCAHPS scores thanks to better communication between doctors and patients. Powered by WPeMatico
A 16-year-old high school student built a website around public data from the NIH ClinVar archive, helping clinicians advance genomic treatments, and says similar innovations depend on more freely-available data. Powered by WPeMatico
Cyber policies are still pretty ambiguous as to what gets covered and for just how much. Meaning, organizations need to do their homework to ensure they’re covered after a breach. Powered by WPeMatico
As previously announced, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar traveled to Brazil over the weekend to participate in bilateral meetings with government officials and others to discuss the ongoing collaboration between the United States and Brazil towards global health security, our bilateral science partnership, and health sector reform. Later in the week, Secretary ...
To develop innovative medicines that combat diverse national health security threats, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a strategic partnership with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, of South San Francisco. The company and ASPR’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development ...
A confluence of efforts from policymakers and tech companies – EHR vendors and consumer giants alike – have set the stage for HL7’s interoperability standard to have a breakout year. Powered by WPeMatico
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As seen with Nuance and the Allscripts lawsuit, when a breach or cyber incident occurs – like ransomware or network outage – an organization can face serious ramifications for failing to be transparent about what happened. Powered by WPeMatico
