Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
EHR customers could take part in the direct sharing of health information – including X-rays and MRIs – between providers, payers, government agencies and others under the TEFCA nationwide interoperability framework.
The Office of Management and Budget will consider HHS' approach to modernizing requirements for HIPAA covered entities charged with protecting ePHI against healthcare cybersecurity threats. Reports say the rule could be published by year's end.
Also, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services has partnered with Samsung Medison for medical imaging and AI.
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Its telehealth technology will use the Suki artificial intelligence platform to generate clinical notes to help reduce documentation burden.
The electronic health record giant says that it did not violate federal law prohibiting unfair business practices when it raised concerns about certain patient data requests over the Carequality interoperability framework.
Also, the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care is looking for a chief digital information officer.
Also, athenahealth intros athenaOne for Behavioral Health, and Clarify Health empowers payers with AI-driven cost containment tools and quality improvement analytics.
Through a successful referral coordination pilot with Epic, MedAllies, OCHIN and others, doctors can receive automated updates on their behavioral health referrals, regardless of their EHR, while reducing mental health clinicians' burdens.
However, data from the Australian Digital Health Agency shows a general increase in the use of the national digital health record system.