Joshua Wymer, with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, talks about the digital health indicator and the opportunity to advance interoperability in the state during the HIMSS25 Public Health Data Modernization Forum.
Deep cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have devastating economic consequences across all 50 states, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Democratic state treasurers of four states warned of the consequences of Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts, not just to their budgets and state beneficiaries but to hospitals. Most people who would lose Medicaid coverage would not get other health insurance due to the cost, such as through plans available on the Affordable Care Act marketplace, they said.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is getting involved in negotiations over a $1 billion academic medicine deal between the University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and Essentia Health, with the entities agreeing to renewed discussions with a strategic facilitator to chart a path forward.
Moving public health forward means being more effective with resources and using technology, says 2025 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient Josh Wymer of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, who was recently involved in a statewide data project.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and The University of Texas at Austin have launched a joint initiative, the Collaborative Accelerator for Transformative Research Endeavors to support research projects focused on preventing, diagnosing and treating ca
Walgreens has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois more than 10 years ago.
Healthcare problems are not on the medical side, but in the healthcare delivery system, says HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Elizabeth Regan, a professor at the University of South Carolina who teaches informatics.
Members are frustrated by not finding accurate information online, by being unable to get a live agent or by lack of preventative care options, says Rita Sharma, chief product officer at Pager Health.