By Art Gross – Recently a memo went out from the White House and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency to industry leaders that emphasized the threat posed by ransomware within their businesses as well as emphasizing just how important it was to the current administration to prioritize the awareness.
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By Aaron Miri MBA & Denise Webb MA – As part of HHS’s response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats, ONC’s HITAC recently held an expert panel hearing to understand…
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Michael Hufford the CEO and Co-Founder of Lygenesis a company that is breaking the mold of organ replacement and enabling organ regeneration.
By Clay Anderson – Healthcare has shifted over the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Elective surgeries came to a halt, visitor restrictions were put in place, ‘telehealth’ became a familiar word in the patient’s lexicon, and the world’s view of healthcare and its workers changed.
By David Meyers MD – The COVID-19 pandemic revealed much about our Nation’s capacity—and shortcomings—when faced with an urgent health crisis. One positive aspect it exposed is our ability to adapt. A case in point is telehealth.
By Andy Aroditis – Last month, the ONC released its first Project US@ Technical Specification draft for public comment. The initiative aims to improve patient matching, while supporting interoperability, privacy and safety, by issuing a unified address standard throughout healthcare.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Ryan Howells, Principal at Leavitt Partners and a Healthcare technology specialist and also the program manager of the Carin Alliance that is trying to get more data into the hands of patients and building on a multitude of interoperability programs.
By David W. Johnson – This month’s song is a parody of the stirring “Do You Hear the People Sing” at the end of the first act of the Broadway musical “Les Misérables.” In the song, revolutionaries at the barricades call for the public to join their struggle against oppression.
By Art Gross – Far too often, and in just about every industry, those of us who are “in it” assumes that certain aspects of what we know are obvious to the general public. For example, in healthcare, we know the basics of HIPAA and what information can and cannot be shared.