As part of a growing body of standards for healthcare, the ability for providers to access and understand the social determinants of the health of their patients to raise and achieve equity requires enough…
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By Hannah Nelson
January 19, 2024 – ONC has released United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Draft Version 5, which includes new data elements aimed at driving health data exchange to reduce health disparities and…
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The Lown Institute has released its 2023 Shkreli Awards, highlighting “the worst in healthcare profiteering and dysfunction.” The selection panel includes clinicians, journalists, patient advocates, and health policy experts.
In case anyone doesn’t recognize…
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has appointed Stacy Sanders as the agency’s first chief competition officer. In that role, she will lead efforts to implement healthcare-focused elements of the President’s 2021…
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NHS digital leaders have called on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Victoria Atkins to focus on digital basics for the service, such as modern infrastructure and networks, reliable laptops and…
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By Sara Heath
January 11, 2024 – HHS has finalized the last piece of the puzzle to restore the government’s process for handling complaints of conscience and religious discrimination, which the agency said will improve patient…
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A Conversation with the Food and Drug AdministrationDevelopers, providers and regulators can all agree that racial bias should be kept out of clinical AI tools as much as possible. But what will it take…
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A Conversation with the National Coordinator for Health ITDevelopers, providers and regulators can all agree that racial bias should be kept out of clinical AI tools as much as possible. But what will it…
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A Conversation with the HHS Office for Civil RightsDevelopers, providers and regulators can all agree that racial bias should be kept out of clinical AI tools as much as possible. But what will it…
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Last month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) finalized its HTI-1 rule. The regulations seek to boost interoperability in the healthcare sector and increase patients’ access to their health…
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