Support Healthy Communities Throughout Global Health Equity Week, Oct. 23-27, 2023
HIMSS is hosting its annual global action week from Oct. 23-27, 2023, to celebrate the power of digital health transformation to improve healthcare access for all.
HIMSS calls for Congress to Adopt Comprehensive Privacy Law, Framework for AI Implementation in Healthcare
HIMSS, a global advocate for digital health transformation, called for the United States Congress to adopt a robust, comprehensive health privacy law that is universally implementable and applicable to all entities that access protected health information regardless of site or p...
Proposed Information Blocking Rule Would Discern Disincentives for Healthcare Providers
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released a new proposed rule Oct. 30 that would implement specific information blocking disincentives for healthcare providers,...
Empowering Equitable Data Sharing for Tribes
The National Indian Health Board has identified three key policy areas for advancing health equity for American Indians and Alaska Natives with the help of data.
New Indian Health Service EHR System Will Have Multi-Generational Impact on Native American Population Health
The Indian Health Service (IHS), which provides comprehensive healthcare to approximately 2.8 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to 574 federally recognized tribes, has announced the agency will implement Oracle Cerner technology as the new IHS enterprise electronic health rec...
Biden’s Executive Order Prompts HHS to Create Artificial Intelligence Task Force
President Joe Biden released an executive order on Oct. 30 initiating the creation of a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and machine learning in the United States.
ONC Publishes Updated Common Agreement for TEFCA
As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) published Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Version 1.1 on the Federal Register on Nov. 7, 2023.
HIMSS Analysis: European Cybersecurity Scheme for Cloud Services Should Foster – Not Prohibit – Sharing of Secure Patient Data
The European Union has released a proposed approach for EU Cloud Services cybersecurity certification that has a limiting factor for cloud providers, particularly those that have operations spread across the EU member states or outside the EU.
HHS Announces First QHINs as Part of Push for TEFCA-Enabled Nationwide Health Data Exchange
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced Dec. 12 the designation of the first five Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs).
ONC Publishes HTI-1 Certification Final Rule
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Final Rule on Dec. 13. The new rule requires new and updated standards...
HIMSS Analysis: Healthcare Implications of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act
Policymakers in the European Union have reached a landmark agreement around artificial intelligence. The Artificial Intelligence Act is the world’s first comprehensive attempt to regulate this evolving technology and its wide-ranging implications, seeking to build trust and confidence in an eme...
HIMSS Supports Information Blocking Disincentives, Calls for More Resources in Response to CMS Provider Disincentives Proposed Rule
HIMSS supported the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) proposals for provider disincentives for information blocking and recommended providing resources and education for providers to facilitate appropriate access to electronic health...