CARES Act Includes $500 Million to Modernize the Nation’s Public Health Data Infrastructure
The CARES Act includes $500 million that solidifies congressional and Trump Administration support for Data: Elemental to Health, a multi-year campaign to modernize the public health infrastructure in the United States.
Remote Patient Monitoring: COVID-19 Applications and Policy Challenges
Remote patient monitoring offers tools for disease monitoring and patient-provider communications that reduce infection risks for patients, communities and providers. Remote patient monitoring can be an especially safe and useful method of care as our healthcare system works to combat COVID-...
CARES Act Provisions for Healthcare and Health IT
The CARES Act stimulus package, totaling over $2.2 trillion, addresses many facets of society, including healthcare delivery, state funding, small business and non-profit relief, and overall economic stimulus.
Global Consortium for eHealth Interoperability Convenes COVID-19 Listening Sessions
The Global Consortium for eHealth Interoperability is working collaboratively with other organizations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerating the deployment of healthcare standards to quickly and efficiently share critical patient information and to meet pressing interoperability need...
States Tackling COVID-19 Using Information and Technology
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to grow, state policymakers in the United States are taking extensive actions to manage the spread through information and technology.
Analysis: ONC Interoperability and Information Blocking Final Regulation
ONC’s Final Regulation is intended to allow the flow of critical clinical information from system to system and provider to provider in part to facilitate better decision support and support new alternative payment models for care.
A Patient’s Home Resource Kit for COVID-19
A few basic tools can help you monitor symptoms and decide when to contact a doctor or visit the emergency room or urgent care center.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Comment on Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
HIMSS and PCHAlliance provided written comments in response to the Draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.
What is the Role of Technology in a COVID-19 Strategy? Help Inform the Health Ecosystem
HIMSS and Forrester want to know if you’re facing technology issues in your COVID-19 response plan.
In Times of Crisis, HIEs are Front and Center
Health information exchange organizations play an essential role in aggregating and disseminating data to give local hospitals, public health officials and providers a better understanding of the virus’ spread and the patients being tested and treated.
HIMSS Unveils the Digital Health Indicator to Measure Health System Progress Toward A Digital Health Ecosystem
To support global health systems as they look for ways to accelerate and strengthen capacity and resilience as the future unfolds, HIMSS is proud to unveil its global solution, the Digital Health Indicator.
HHS OIG Releases Proposed Regulation on Information Blocking Civil Money Penalties
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a Proposed Regulation on Civil Money Penalties related to the information blocking provisions included in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Interoperability Regulation.
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