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E-Newsletter • September 2024 |
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Reorganizing the HHS
A number of changes are coming to Health and Human Services as the agency reorganizes to strengthen and support technology, data, artificial intelligence strategy, cybersecurity, and policy functions.
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HHS Reorganizes Technology, Cybersecurity, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Policy Functions
Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a reorganization that will streamline and bolster technology, cybersecurity, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and policy functions.
Opportunities in data and technology in health care and human services have grown significantly in recent years. Historically, responsibility for policy and operations has been distributed across the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA), and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR). This reorganization will clarify and consolidate these critical functions, as follows:
• ONC will be renamed the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC);
• oversight over technology, data, and AI policy and strategy will move from ASA to ASTP/ONC, including the HHS-wide roles of chief technology officer, chief data officer, and chief AI officer; and
• the public-private effort between the health sector and the federal government on cybersecurity (“405(d) Program”) will move from ASA to ASPR, joining the other health sector cybersecurity activities already located in ASPR’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection, and advancing the department’s one-stop-shop approach to health care cybersecurity.
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Revenue Cycle Management
Healthcare IT Today reports on the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in improving revenue cycle management.
A Leader in Innovative AI Use
Harvard Business Review reports on how one leading health care firm, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, renovated its infrastructure over the course of a year to most efficiently use technology.
Improving Decision Making With Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Tools
Data analytics and business intelligence tools are the keys to careful, informed decisions in health care, particularly in revenue cycle management, according to an article in Healthcare IT Today.
Enhancing Interoperability
A recent study published in the journal NEJM AI demonstrated that one AI model has an edge over current methods in terms of efficiently transforming EHR data into standardized health resources. |
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