WEDI in the News

Knowledge Center WEDI Calls for Health IT System Cybersecurity Improvements March 20, 2017 WEDI is calling for increased cybersecurity investments by healthcare organizations to protect health IT infrastructure from the growing interest of cybercriminals. WEDI, a nonprofit organization focusing on using health IT for health data exchange working with the Department of Health and Human…

Knowledge Center WEDI Outlines Tips for Improving Healthcare Cybersecurity March 20, 2017 As healthcare data breaches increase in frequency and become more intricate in types of attacks, organizations must ensure that their healthcare cybersecurity measures appropriately match, according to the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). WEDI conducted multi-stakeholder cybersecurity roundtables in November 2015 and April…

Knowledge Center WEDI Releases Healthcare Cybersecurity White Paper Outlining Best Practices to Mitigate Risk March 20, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has issued a cybersecurity white paper examining health IT vulnerabilities and how stakeholders can mitigate risk in the wake of record data breaches striking the healthcare industry. WEDI, a Reston, Va.-based…

Knowledge Center WEDI 2017 Conference Focuses on Driving Solutions in a Changing Healthcare Landscape March 20, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) (@WEDIonline), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

Knowledge Center WEDI Supports X12 for New Public Review Option of HIPAA Standards March 17, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), strongly supports…

Knowledge Center WEDI Applauds X12 For New Public Review Option Of HIPAA Standards March 15, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…

Knowledge Center WEDI 2017 Conference Focus on Driving Solutions in a Changing Healthcare Landscape March 14, 2017 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today…

Knowledge Center Verma confirmed by Senate to head CMS March 14, 2017 The Senate on Monday voted 55-43 along party lines to confirm Seema Verma to serve as the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma takes the helm of CMS—an agency with a trillion dollar budget that covers more than…

Knowledge Center WEDI 2017 Conference To Focus On Driving Solutions In A Changing Healthcare Landscape March 8, 2017 May 15-18 conference will bring healthcare leaders together across payers, providers, government regulators and industry vendors to discuss the ever-evolving healthcare environment The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use…

Knowledge Center Price Confirmed As New Head Of HHS March 6, 2017 Stakeholders weigh in on the confirmation and the future of Obamacare. Georgia Representative Tom Price has been confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a Senate vote of 52 to 47, leaving many stakeholders concerned as to what his…