HHS Adds 9 Members to Health IT Advisory Committees
The Department of Health and Human Services has elected new members to the department’s Health Information Technology Standards Committee and ...
Reps. Ted Lieu, Will Hurd: HHS Should Require Health Providers to Notify Govt Agencies of Ransomware Attacks
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-California) and Will Hurd (R-Texas) have asked the Department of Health and Human Services to develop guidance that would ...
VA Launches New Online Form for Healthcare Applicants; Sloan Gibson Comments
The Department of Veterans Affairs has rolled out a web-based tool designed to help veterans gain access to VA's healthcare enrollment form. ...
NIH Kicks Off Precision Medicine Research Initiative; Francis Collins Comments
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $55 million in funds for a collaborative research effort that aims to help individuals ...
Walter Reed, Partners Conduct Zika Vaccine Tests on Monkeys, Eye Future Trials on Humans
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research doctors have begun a series of Zika vaccine tests on monkeys and aim to carry ...
ONC Seeks Ideas on Blockchain Application to Health IT
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched a white paper solicitation on the use of ...
GAO: VA, DoD Need Outcome-Oriented Goals for EHR Systems Interoperability
The Government Accountability Office has said the departments of Defense and Veteran Affairs have not defined outcome-oriented goals and metrics to support ...
CMS Seeks New CTO to Oversee Federal Health Insurance Marketplace
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched its search for a new chief technology officer to work at ...
DARPA-Funded University of Washington Research Team Develops Protein Design Method
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has funded a University of Washington research team that created a method to design customized proteins ...
Health Center Networks Receive $36M in HHS Funds to Adopt Health IT; Sylvia Burwell Comments
Sylvia Burwell The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded 50 health center controlled networks in 41 states and ...