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Department of Health and Human Services officials discussed the potential role of artificial intelligence and data sharing in the prevention and treatment of diseases during a panel discussion on Tuesday at the AI World Government Conference, Federal Times reported Thursday. “[It’s] a way of thinking about how health information flows across the country and the first step is getting it in digital format," said Paula Braun, entrepreneur-in-residence at HHS’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Department of Health and Human Services is awarding more than $1B in grants to address the opioid crisis. The grants support the department's Five-Point Opioid Strategy, which is showing progress based on studies indicating drops in drug use over recent years, the HHS said Wednesday.

Researchers from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Chief Technology Officer have learned that HHS constituent agencies do not have a standardized mechanism for sharing restricted and nonpublic data. The researchers said in a September 2018 report that there is no uniform documentary requirement among HHS agencies for data requests, and, in many agencies, there is a lack of a "data governance group" that tracks requests and their outcomes. Such deficiencies result in procedural inefficiencies and the siloing of information.

The U.S. government has begun to adopt the blockchain technology in an effort to transform its operations and service delivery processes as well as secure public data, Bloomberg Government reported Friday. Some of the federal agencies that have started to explore the use of the distributed ledger technology include the …

The Department of Health and Human Services has chosen Robert Redfield, a more than 30-year public health veteran, to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administrator of CDC’s Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps for two decades and as …

The departments of Veterans Affairs and Energy have partnered to analyze big data from the VA and other federal sources as they optimize healthcare for veterans and other citizens. The VA-DOE Big Data Science Initiative will explore digital health and genomic data to support the development of treatments and preventive strategies in areas such as suicide prevention, cancer …

David Bray serves as chief information officer of the Federal Communications Commission, where he oversees the agency’s information technology modernization efforts. Bray is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has been an Eisenhower Fellow to Taiwan and Australia since 2004 and a visiting executive at Harvard University since 2015. …

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s explosives division has funded an Oak Ridge National Laboratory research project to develop a geospatial tool for communication, collaboration and situational awareness uses in security events. DHS said Friday the Incident Management Preparedness and Coordination Toolkit aids bomb squads on the assessment of impacts …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Florida Health Department have extended their investigation related to Zika transmission to a new area in Miami-Dade County. The Florida Health Department has identified two women and three men in the area with symptoms of Zika and currently works with CDC to …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to award $60 million in total funds to U.S. states and territories in support of efforts that seek to prevent the spread of Zika virus in the country. CDC said Thursday the funds aim to support mosquito tracking and control efforts, build …