Faith Ryan
Staff Writer/Researcher
Faith Ryan is a former staff writer at GovCIO Media & Research, who was responsible for covering developments in federal technology.
The agency is putting public health announcements, guidelines and facts on COVID-19 front and center.
The pandemic sheds light on what health agencies have been developing to enable faster health-data exchanges for patients and providers.
While the attack was reportedly unsuccessful, federal cybersecurity leads encourage agencies to 'remain vigilant'.
Organizations are transitioning to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rules require patient health information sharing among providers for improved patient care.
The goal is to provide better access to claims data for improved health care outcomes.
The agency is implementing blockchain along with other tech to modernize the current system.
The agency released a final strategic report suggesting ways to relieve provider EHR burdens and improve care.
The Food and Drug Administration is looking to modernize its internal technology infrastructure and the ways it uses data in regulatory processes through its Technology Modernization Action Plan (TMAP).
The government needs to provide products and digital services that allow users to easily accomplish what they need to do, according to experts from the U.S. Digital Services discussing tech development challenges and ways to mitigate issues before they arise using human-centered design.
Government officials are emphasizing the importance of electronic patient access to their health care records and of moving interoperability standards forward through personal anecdotes of their own mishaps with current health care practices.
As the federal government navigates an evolving cyber-threat landscape, health agency officials are increasing their attention toward expanding workforce recruitment, training and retention efforts to better safeguard personal health information.