Government & Policy
With 80% of nationwide prescribers utilizing e-prescribing in their practice, some US states are beginning to require the same level of e-prescribing compliance for non-controlled prescriptions to further mitigate the risk of errors and potential penalties.
This issue of HIMSS Insights takes you on a comprehensive tour through the Finnish social and healthcare system, from progressive government legislation, via successful public-private partnerships and nationwide health ecosystems to the most innovative healthtech startups and companies.
The COVID-19 crisis has put new pressure on health IT infrastructures that were already straining to accommodate an explosion of data. Watch this webinar to learn how technology can meet the security and performance challenges of telehealth, smart devices and other next-generation healthcare tools.
Join Philips Chief Medical Officer Jan Kimpen in this webinar to discuss the latest edition of Philips’ global research project, the Future Health Index. This year’s Future Health Index researched the experiences of both patient and healthcare professional experiences of health systems, across 15 countries, through the lens of the...
HIMSS’ final ask of state/local/provincial governments is for states continue to supercharge their community-based health IT infrastructure by creating and utilizing integrated, community-based data hubs (or open-data portals) with real-time dashboards and shared analytics to combat the opioid epidemic. The use of these platforms...
This session will review the OpenSCAP compliance as code offering and how to automate your compliance posture using best practices from Red Hat's healthcare customers.
Join us to hear how two Davies Award-winning organizations navigated the intersection between what they are achieving through health IT optimization and the policy implications of their working environments. Discover how to leverage EHR tools to increase communication and patient satisfaction scores while decreasing office visits, as well as...
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CMS is moving aggressively to shift healthcare payments towards value-based payment models. How do hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) affect reimbursement for health systems and physicians? What are best practices for accurately capturing HCCs?
This podcast episode, part two of this three-part series, we gain an insider’s view on the give-and-take between policy and public health with Nedra Garrett, Senior Advisor for Informatics at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Much of the news surrounding healthcare in recent years has centered on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which radically changes the way healthcare is provided to millions of Americans. Care providers, compliance officers, and legal departments are all too aware that the ACA is only the latest in a series of legislation and regulations to affect the...
