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The David J. Sencer CDC Museum in Atlanta, Ga. (CDC photo)

CDC’s generative AI pilots include school closure tracking, website updates

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is testing out use cases for generative AI and sharing its approach with other federal partners as it plans to…

Apr 5, 2024 By Madison Alder

HHS technology officials are seated on stage at AFCEA Bethesda's Health IT 2024 event. — A panel of Department of Health and Human Services technology officials discussed generative AI use within their agencies at AFCEA Bethesda’s Health IT 2024.

CDC eyeing ‘model cards’ to detail generative AI tool information

“Model cards” could provide context for using generative AI tools, an official told attendees at AFCEA Bethesda’s Health IT Summit 2024.

Jan 31, 2024 By Madison Alder

This illustration photograph taken with a macro lens shows The OpenAI company logo reflected in a human eye at a studio in Paris on June 6, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

HHS’s artificial intelligence use cases more than triple from previous year

The Department of Health and Human Services' annual AI use case inventory for fiscal 2023 includes 163 instances — up from 50 the previous year.

Aug 15, 2023 By Madison Alder

National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi speaks at the eHealth Exchange annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 15, 2022. (Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop)

HHS, health information networks expect rollout of trusted data exchange next year: Micky Tripathi

About 30% of hospitals remain unconnected to a health information network, but the implementation of network-to-network interoperability may change that.

Dec 22, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

U.S. Sen. Robert Casey (D-Penn.) speaks during a news conference on health care September 25, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images).

Special committee calls for ‘reboot’ of federal technology accessibility oversight

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act hasn't been updated since 1998, and in the meantime departments like VA have committed hundreds of thousands of violations.

Dec 14, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Blood specimen collection tubes are seen in the laboratory of Bellville Medical Center, in Bellville, Texas, September 1, 2021. (Photo by FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images).

CDC awards Palantir consolidated disease surveillance contract worth $443M

Public health infrastructure the tech company deployed at the height of the pandemic is being scaled for generalize response to diseases like Monkeypox.

Dec 7, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

National Center for Health Statistics targeting fall launch of virtual data enclave

The launch of the enclave represents a culture shift as it works to share more data with researchers, says Neil Russell.

Aug 11, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

A bulldozer passes firefighters cutting vegetation to broaden a fireline at the Oak Fire near Mariposa, California, on July 25, 2022 (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP via Getty Images).

White House unveils HEAT.gov to help address record-breaking temperatures

The website will help agencies share real-time data on extreme heat conditions to improve response in light of climate change.

Jul 26, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

US, UK governments offer $1.6M for tech that trains AI while preserving privacy

The prize money will be split between winners in financial crime prevention and pandemic response tracks.

Jul 20, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 16, 2019. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Larry Ellison: Oracle will modernize and expand Cerner’s Millennium platform

Oracle’s chairman and CTO provides details about the future of the platform behind the VA's troubled electronic health records modernization program.

Jun 9, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones