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What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023 

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Budget leaders have asked, "How do you really know what the impact on the Medicare population and the Medicare Trust Fund will be? We now have three years of data on the impact to the Medicare Trust Fund," he said. Part 2 – with HIPAA. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

Fragmented Healthcare Data is Costly for Patients and Providers Signed into law by President Obama in 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) mandated the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) across healthcare systems.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Google (more accurately, its umbrella enterprise, Alphabet) Investments and IP No other company in the Silicon Valley is investing so heavily in healthcare-related companies as Alphabet’s venture arm does. Since it raised its first fund in 2009, it has backed nearly 60 health-related enterprises. s National Health Service.

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By 2020, 1-in-5 Healthcare organisations will adopt Blockchain says new IDC report

Lloyd Price

Since the enactment of the HITECH Act of 2009, which required the industry to adopt EHRs, data sharing between disparate vendor platforms, geographically dispersed facilities and unassociated medical institutions has improved; but data transparency has not. ." Under current federal guidelines for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, U.S.