The Data: Elemental to Health campaign is seeking sustained funding for the Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) at the CDC, advocating for the upgrade of healthcare data systems. Speaking at the HIMSS25 conference, Tom Leary, SVP at HIMSS, and Janet Hamilton, executive director, CSTE, emphasized the necessity of funding to maintain the progress of the campaign. Hamilton further mentioned the need for billions in future funding to continue the advocacy mission.
The True Cost of Focusing on Cost Instead of Cost-Effectiveness
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is
