The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $1.25 million in funding to a joint project of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Duke University School of Medicine to work with the Coalition for Health AI and the University of Iowa to develop a model framework and improve oversight of AI technology by health systems. WHY IT
HIMSSCast: Major system transition best practices
Transitioning from one major health IT system, such as an electronic health record, to another is not an event many CIOs and other health IT leaders at provider organizations look forward to. The process can be the source of many headaches. Leaders have to protect and improve the integrity of data as it flows from
VA, VHA, Verizon partner to increase rural veterans’ telehealth access
To help conquer the digital divide preventing rural veterans from accessing the range of health and wellness benefits they are eligible for, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is offering new access to telehealth and virtual care options. Working with the Veterans Health Administration’s National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation, the VA Palo Alto Healthcare
Restaurant worker in Georgia diagnosed with hepatitis A; customers urged to get vaccinated
Hepatitis A infection has been diagnosed in a server at Lolita’s Bar and Grill located at 472 Buford Drive in Lawrenceville, GA. Individuals who ate at the restaurant from Oct. 24 – Nov. 7 may have been exposed to the infection and should contact their healthcare provider or the Gwinnett County Health Department to determine
Senators Discuss Making Medicare’s Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent
Practice Management > Telehealth — “We have proved the concept,” says Sen. Steve Daines by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today November 15, 2023 It’s the rare Senate hearing when the only disagreements occur not between senators, but between panelists themselves. Yet that’s what happened at Tuesday’s Senate Finance Healthcare Subcommittee hearing on making particular