Healthcare IT News October 4, 2017
Telehealth, infrastructure modernization and a cyber exec for HHS. They’re all on this year’s list.
HIMSS on Wednesday unveiled its annual ‘Congressional Asks’ during National Health IT Week — and this time around they tackle cybersecurity, telehealth and critical infrastructure modernization.
“Health IT policy is always evolving and we’ve certainly seen some important bipartisan advances on key issues, including passage of the CHRONIC Care Act in the Senate, movement on multiple telehealth bills in the House Energy and Commerce Committee and significant focus on healthcare cyber,” said Samantha Burch, Senior Director of Congressional Affairs at HIMSS.
The first ask is for Congress to empower the Health and Human Services chief information security office to the same rank as HHS CIO...
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