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Cloud Database of COVID-19 Patient Data to Aid Pandemic Efforts

June 4, 2020 - Clinicians, informatics, and other biomedical researchers will partner with HHS to leverage medical records and turn patient data into effective COVID-19 treatments through a more secure cloud-based database, according to a recent press release. Through the National COVID Cohort Collaborative, the institutions affiliated with the National...

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HHS Offers $5M for Studying Use of Health IT During Pandemic

by Samantha McGrail

HHS recently announced a new funding opportunity announcement through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that will award $5 million to support research efforts gauging provider use...

Most Healthcare IT Execs Unaware of Proposed Interoperability Rules

by Fred Donovan

Most U.S. healthcare IT executives are unfamiliar with healthcare interoperability and information blocking rules being developed by HHS, according to new research from Accenture. Only 18 percent of...

Interoperable IT Infrastructure Vital to Link Healthcare, Social Care

by Fred Donovan

The United States needs to develop interoperable IT infrastructure that will facilitate the integration of healthcare and social care, advised a new report from the National Academies of Sciences,...

Regional Groups Team to Set Up Great Plains Health Data Network

by Fred Donovan

The Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) and the Wyoming Primary Care Association are partnering to establish the Great Plains Health Data Network. The network is expected to enable...

Key Steps to Achieve Increased Healthcare Interoperability

by Fred Donovan

As organizations ponder complying with HHS proposed interoperability rules, they should consider moving beyond regulatory requirements to realize greater healthcare interoperability, advised a new...

HRSA Allots $42M to Health Centers for Health IT Infrastructure

by Fred Donovan

HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded close to $42 million in funding for health IT infrastructure improvements at federally funded health centers throughout the...

HRSA Doled Out $243M in Health IT Grants to Health Centers

by Fred Donovan

HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $243 million to health centers in order to upgrade their health IT between fiscal years (FY) 2011 and 2017, according to a...

HHS to Identify Healthcare Infrastructure Critical in Emergencies

by Fred Donovan

Under legislation signed June 24 by President Trump, HHS is directed to work with other public health officials and private sector entities to identify the critical healthcare infrastructure...

HHS Ups Its FITARA Grade Through Internal Performance Metrics

by Fred Donovan

HHS established internal performance metrics for its component agencies that officials believe led to increased effectiveness in implementing the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act...

Health IT Interoperability Mess Delays Native American Veteran Care

by Fred Donovan

Health IT interoperability obstacles continue to plague federal government efforts to share health data about Native American veterans, concluded a recent Government Accountability Office...

HHS Issues Documents to Support Nationwide Health Data Exchange

by Fred Donovan

HHS has issued three documents for public comment that are designed to support network-to-network health data exchange nationwide. The three documents are second drafts of the Trusted Exchange...

HHS IT Security Program “Not Effective,” Says OIG FISMA Audit

by Fred Donovan

HHS OIG has determined that the department’s IT security program was “not effective” because it did not meet security levels required by the Federal Information Security Modernization...

GAO: HHS Fails to Implement High-Priority Health IT Recommendations

by Fred Donovan

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has not implemented four high-priority health IT recommendations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), according to a recent report by the...

HHS Comes Up Short in Web Application, Network Security, says OIG

by Fred Donovan

Eight HHS operating divisions were tested for web application and network security and found wanting, according to a recently released OIG report. The HHS divisions came up short in configuration...

HHS Wants to Slash ONC Funding by 28% Despite Cures Act Work

by Fred Donovan

In the Trump administration’s FY 2020 budget request, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to cut ONC’s budget by 28 percent, despite its heavy workload in...

Healthcare Interoperability Will Be Focus of HIMSS19 Confab

by Fred Donovan

In less than two weeks, more than 45,000 healthcare IT professionals, clinicians, executives, vendors, journalists, and others will descend on Orlando, Florida, for the 2019 HIMSS Annual Conference and...

HHS Warns Health IT Infrastructure Could Put Patient Data At Risk

by Fred Donovan

Healthcare’s increasing dependence on interconnected health IT infrastructure, such as electronic health records and connected medical devices, could put sensitive patient data at risk, warned...

Health IT Advisory Committee Cancels Meeting Due to Shutdown

by Fred Donovan

The Health IT Advisory Committee (HITAC) has cancelled its monthly meeting, scheduled for Jan. 23, due to the US government shutdown, reported Politico. HITAC was established in 2017 under the 21st...

HHS Selects Initial Healthcare Innovation Workgroup Participants

by Fred Donovan

HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan announced Nov. 21 the initial core participants for his healthcare innovation workgroup and set Dec. 18 as the date of its first meeting. The...

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