Why healthcare’s data quality conundrum will stifle SDOH initiatives
Healthcare organizations must be able to track, manage and measure the services that patients receive outside of the walls of their facilities. Source: HDM
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Sequoia Project to create work group to help develop Common Agreement
The Sequoia Project is putting together a work group to inform its efforts to develop the Common Agreement, the baseline technical and legal requirements for... Read More
Trump eyes drug price cuts after his healthcare record Is attacked
Bloomberg—President Donald Trump is considering executive action to cut drug prices ahead of the 2020 election, officials familiar with the matter say, as he enters... Read More
VA requests $2.6B in FY 2021 for Cerner EHR system
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking $2.6 billion in its Fiscal Year 2021 Budget—$1.2 billion more than in FY 2020—to continue implementation of its... Read More
Trump FY 2021 budget seeks $125M for new Indian Health Service EHR
President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget includes an investment of $125 million in an “improved and modernized” electronic health record system for the Indian Health... Read More
AI improves diagnosis, reduces false positives from mammo images
Radiologists getting an assist from artificial intelligence can detect more breast cancer—with a reduced rate of false positive incidents—from mammography images. Source: HDM
Trump releases budget with deep domestic cuts, deficit spending
President Donald Trump released his annual budget Monday, proposing deep cuts to social programs but increases in defense and entitlement spending. Source: HDM
Ten steps to ethics-based governance of AI in healthcare
AI’s ability to interpret data relies on processes that are not transparent, making it difficult to verify and trust outputs from AI systems. Source: HDM