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
WEDI Federal Update 1.6.2025
OCR Releases New HIPAA Proposed Rule Focused on Cybersecurity. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released a proposed rule that seeks to improve cybersecurity and better protect the health care system from cyberattacks. The proposed rule would modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule to require HIPAA covered…
Read MoreEP185: From Innovation to Integration: The Past, Present, and Future of Value- Based Purchasing with Andréa Caballero from Catalyst for Payment Reform.
From a recent WEDI Virtual Spotlight, a presentation by Andrea Caballero, VP of Policy with Catalyst for Payment Reform.
Read MoreWEDI President & CEO to Retire
I shared with the WEDI board that I would be retiring in early 2025, after nine incredible years as President and CEO of WEDI and more than four decades in the health care industry. It is a bittersweet decision to retire from an organization that I so admire and from the industry that I’ve committed so…
Read MoreFact Sheet: Health Equity Data & Health Data Exchange
Brought to you by the WEDI Health Equity Workgroup, this fact sheet outlines health equity and other sensitive patient data included in each version of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI), a baseline data set meant to set the floor for data exchange efforts in the United States. USCDI is an official government standard and is used to set requirements in various regulations related to health data and health data exchange.
Read MoreEp 184: How Artificial Intelligence is Ushering in an Age of Proactive, Preventative, and Personalized Healthcare.
Michael welcomes Kent Dicks, founder, CEO, and award-winning entrepreneur of Life365, a digital health platform that connects patients with their doctors at home. The two discussed how artificial intelligence creates an environment that allows patients to receive affordable and efficient care earlier in the care cycle, thus preventing costly readmissions and improve overall healthcare accessibility.
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