Morning Headlines 2/27/14
Top healthcare groups petition HHS for meaningful-use extensions
50 influential healthcare groups, including the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association, send a letter to HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking that MU stage 2 be delayed due to a lack of EHR vendors meeting 2014 edition certification standards.
Framework for I.T. Regulation Slated to Reach Congress in March
Representatives of the FDA, ONC and FCC all promise that the now overdue report on a risk-based regulatory framework for health I.T will be published as a draft version by the end of March
Congress wants to kick the FDA out of digital health with this new bill
A new bill has been introduced in Congress that would remove the FDA’s regulatory authority over all but "high risk" digital health technologies.
Health law cybersecurity challenges
An AP report shows that more than two-thirds of state-run health insurance exchanges were rated as having "high risk" security vulnerabilities just after their launch.
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