WEDI provides a full suite of resources designed to help organizations better understand and manage health IT. The Resources section provides access to WEDI’s various tools and library of health IT information.
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Resources
Episode 206- Adding a Double Dose of Humanity for Each One Dose of Technology, Professor Linda Travis Macomber, National University
Knowledge Center Michael welcomes Linda Travis Macomber, Professor in Practice and National University and a true thought leader in health care technology and innovation. Recently named a HIMSS Lifetime Fellow, Professor Macomber discusses her impressive career in nursing, health care tech development, and academia, addresses the history of AI in the industry, its bright future,…
Read MoreWEDI sent a letter of welcome to the new OCR director, Paula Stannard.
June 12, 2025 Paula Stannard, JD Director Office for Civil Rights Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Director Stannard: On behalf of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading authority on health information technology (IT), I extend my warmest congratulations on your…
Read MoreWEDI Submits CMS Medicare Deregulation RFI Response
CMS Medicare Deregulation RFI Response Submitted June 10, 2025 Topic 1: Streamline Regulatory Requirements 1A. Are there existing regulatory requirements (including those issued through regulations but also rules, memoranda, administrative orders, guidance documents, or policy statements), that could be waived, modified, or streamlined to reduce administrative burdens without compromising patient safety or the integrity…
Read MoreEpisode 205: Building a Cyber Resilient Health System. Strategies for Threat Detection & Response
Knowledge Center From WEDI’s 2025 Spring Conference, a panel featuring health care cybersecurity subject matter experts Erik Decker, VP, CISO, Intermountain Health, and Scott Ruthe, VP, Waystar. Moderated by WEDI’s Privacy & Security Workgroup Co-Chair Lesley Berkeyheiser (DirectTrust), the panel discusses cyber resilience business processes, strategies, collaboration, and resources for both public and private health…
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WEDI sent a letter of welcome to the new Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, Dr. Thomas Keane.
June 12, 2025 Thomas Keane, MD, MBA Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, SW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20024 Dear Assistant Secretary Keane: On behalf of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading authority on health…
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