Dear Healthcare IT Insider,
The long-awaited Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) Health IT Report from the FDA, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and the Federal Communications Commission was finally released last week.
In the report, the agencies present a proposed framework that features risk-based categorization and regulation of HIT software. Notably, the report also elaborates on the regulation of clinical decision-support software.
Delve into the details and ramifications of the proposed framework in our Insider Exclusive, which you can access as an Insider subscriber before our other members.
This issue also features a full serving of coverage from the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting, including an article on how implementing a cloud-based health IT system requires thorough technical and business due diligence.
Risk analysis and risk management tools are crucial for developing and maintaining a strategy to ensure patient data security, according to another presentation at HIMSS 2014. Click here to learn about risk assessment strategies.
PACS consultant Michael J. Cannavo also penned a special HIMSS 2014 edition of his always popular PACSman Awards.
As control of imaging informatics shifts to enterprise IT, culture clashes can result. But some IT service models used outside of healthcare can ease this often-difficult transition, according to another talk at the Orlando, FL, meeting. Find out how here.
Finally, discover how the Rochester Regional Health Information Organization has been saving lives and reducing the probability of duplicate exams via its image exchange service.
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