Policy and Legislation

<p>CenTrak Sales Director for the Southeast and HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Kendall Brown is a resource for CIOs, who represents HIMSS initiatives on telehealth, cybersecurity and interoperability - and educates policymakers on all things health IT.</p> <p> </p>

Health Affairs report shows higher levels of medication adherence and a lower rate of hospitalizations and ER use.

The Medical Group Management Association has sent a letter to the OCR seeking clarification of responsibility.

The American Hospital Association called the FTC ruling, "bad law, bad policy and a clear sign of an agency run amok."

Wendell Primus, a Brookings Institution Visiting Fellow, has a plan to help low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

<p>The military is working on removing barriers, through technology, for a better quality of life and access to care, says Naomi Escoffery, Chief Accelerator Officer at the Defense Health Agency.</p> <p> </p>

Imposing fines or cutting Medicare payments, in the AHA's view, would diminish resources needed to combat cybercrime.

Witnesses and members of Congress slam insurers for making money while providers struggle.

<p>Guardrails can't be fully implemented until AI is defined, says Patricia MacTaggart, program director and teaching instructor at George Washington University, who is a 2024 Changemaker Award recipient.</p> <p> </p>

<p>This includes large print, braille, audio recordings and the newest piece, providing documents in the dominant language, says Ernie Crawford, president and CEO of Crawford Technologies.<br />  </p>