The Weekly 👀 - National Conference is Coming Soon!

The Weekly

8/26/2024

Federal Update

Events

Knowledge Center

Early Bird Rate for the National Conference ends August 30th!

WEDI is proud to announce its annual national conference, taking place from October 15-17 at the American University's Washington College of Law in Washington, DC (with a virtual option). Our comprehensive agenda will cover a range of critical HIT issues, ensuring that attendees gain valuable knowledge and practical solutions to advance their organizations.

Review the full agenda HERE

Federal Updates

HHS Releases Proposed Rule on Technology Adoption.

OCR Releases HIPAA Security Rule Guidance on Facility Access Controls.

NIST Releases New Open-Source Platform for AI Safety Assessments.

ASTP ONC Releases New Inferno Test Kit Updates.

FDA Spotlights Delivering Safe, Effective AI-enabled Health Care.

CMS Releases New Hospital Price Transparency Resources and Will Host Webinar.

Registration Open: OCR-NIST Safeguarding Health Information Conference.

Study: Telemedicine Feasible Alternative for those with OUD.

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Michael chats with Nametag CEO Aaron Painter on how emerging technology, patient-centric data policies and even remote working is affecting the cybersecurity infrastructure in healthcare. The two discuss the "old school" nature of social engineering attacks and steps that the industry can take to combat threat actors.

Aaron's article in Forbes magazine can be found HERE

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UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS WEEK!

Wednesday, August 28, 1pm ET

Over the past 40 years, utilization management has achieved wide use as a cost-containment strategy, reducing the consumption of unnecessary health care services. At the same time, it has also contributed to administrative burden through phone calls, faxes, and manual review of clinical data. This free webinar will explore how that burden can be reduced by applying automation and artificial intelligence. Participants will gain insight into the history of how artificial intelligence has been used in health care, along with potential benefits and risks of the various methods. The presentation will describe how MCG Health approaches this technology responsibly by emphasizing evidence-based medicine.

Today’s cybersecurity landscape can be a frightening place. Ransomware attacks seem to occur daily and are having tangible impacts on our daily lives. What many people don’t know is there are individuals out there with the high-stakes role of negotiating with threat actors on behalf of organizations impacted by ransomware. Join us for a discussion led by a former ransomware negotiator to learn about how ransomware impacts an organization, the ransomware negotiation process, risk awareness and mitigation, and how to best prepare your organization for this eventuality. Presented by Andrew Carr, Senior Director of Business Development for Booz Allen’s Commercial Incident Response team.

Free for WEDI members.

FREE TO WEDI MEMBERS. YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS on HTI-2

WEDI encourages members to offer their perspectives and insight on ASTP/ONC's HTI-2 proposed rule. Issues to be discussed include updates to the certification process to include interoperability/prior authorization, information blocking, USCDI, TEFCA, and more. Member feedback is key as WEDI develops its comment letter to ASTP/ONC.

Join the MHDC team for this free webinar as they introduce and share the latest progress about NEHE N 3.0, a cost-effective, collaborative, open standards-based exchange of clinical and administrative data, implementing priority use cases to move toward automation for prior authorization and quality measurements.

Tuesday 3PM

Agenda: The Workgroup will discuss our second white paper-with an attempt to complete it in time for the National Conference in October. The Workgroup will also discuss education opportunities. The Workgroup encourages participants to bring suggestions for future work products.

WEDI, a national membership association since 1991, advises on health IT policy and implementation, focusing on enhancing health care through efficient data sharing and education across all stakeholders. Learn more about becoming a member here!

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