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ONC says TEFCA will be live in 2022
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced this week that the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement,
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VA EHR update: Watchdog flags unreliable cost estimates, training deficiencies
A pair of reports from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General raised more potential concerns about the
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Texas man who sold protected health information sentenced to prison
A McKinney, Texas, man who was accused of stealing protected health information was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison
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MITRE launches ransomware support hub for hospitals and health systems
In an effort to help improve healthcare organizations’ resilience against ransomware, MITRE this week unveiled its new Ransomware Resource Center,
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ATA responds to CMS final rule making some telehealth coverage permanent
The American Telemedicine Association on Wednesday issued a response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule regarding
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Cloud EHR vendor nTreatment reportedly left medical records unprotected
A TechCrunch report this week found that the record-management vendor nTreatment left a cloud-storage server containing thousands of sensitive health
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At ONC Tech Forum, Rucker touts value of HIEs in COVID-19 response
In his opening discussion Monday at the ONC Tech Forum, which continues all day Tuesday, National Coordinator for Health IT
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Frost & Sullivan predicts nearly 2x growth in interoperability market by 2024
A recent report from Frost & Sullivan suggests a worldwide demand for more interoperable healthcare systems, with the global market
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Senate HELP Committee weighs the future of telehealth
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. In a
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