Government & Policy (97)

HIPAA is a baseline to new regulations that include incident reporting within 72 hours, says George Pappas, healthcare cybersecurity expert and the CEO of Intraprise Health.

A fundamental point of star ratings is balancing the interest of patients with that of taxpayers, says Dr. Don Rucker, former ONC head and current chief strategy officer of 1upHealth.

Yiannos Tolias of the European Commission's DG Sante explains the framework that the EU's AI Act provides for ensuring that AI algorithms are trustworthy, unbiased and responsible in their data use, particularly for healthcare.

Josh Wymer, chief health Information and data strategy officer at Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, describes a genAI chatbot the state is using, and discusses the value of trust and data transparency in public and community health.

Jonathan French, senior director of public policy at HIMSS, discusses its new Policy Principles for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, which focus on safety and trust; transparency and privacy; and workforce and sustainability.

Zachary Arose, chief of healthcare technology management at the Dayton VA Medical Center, discusses advances in data governance, clinical engineering, advanced imaging, workflow efficiencies and more.

Christopher Ahn, biomedical engineer supervisor at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs in Dayton, Ohio, discusses the nationwide innovation network at the health system, and how AI is transforming med device management and more.

The measure for 2025 will assess whether hospitals have a structure and culture that prioritizes safety, says Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.

The rule was to go into effect on July 9, but has been challenged by the state of Texas, says Zubin Khambatta, a healthcare attorney and partner at Holland & Knight.

La Monte Yarborough, HHS CISO, discusses the HHS 405(d) program, a public-private partnership providing free educational resources and cybersecurity best practices in English and Spanish for healthcare organizations of all sizes.

Stephan Krumm, senior policy advisor for the German Federal Ministry of Health, discusses the Digital Radar project, a collaboration with HIMSS for assessing German hospitals' digitization progress.

Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, explains how a new HIPAA privacy regulation will prevent misuse of patients' reproductive healthcare records and help restore trust to patient-provider relationships.