By Harsha K Rajasimha – AI is heralding a new era in drug development, promising groundbreaking solutions to longstanding challenges. Traditional clinical trials are often plagued by manual processes, leading to prolonged timelines and soaring costs.
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By Seth Pazinski, Peter Karras, & Kim Lundberg – Health IT has become integral to health care delivery and this trend has accelerated since the passage of the HITECH Act of 2009. Hundreds of thousands of physician offices, hospitals, and health systems now use ONC-certified health IT to store, process, access, exchange, and use EHI, setting the groundwork for nationwide interoperability.
By Nick Lees – Sharing these 5 essential steps and insights from my experience to support your organization’s journey towards a successful ISO 27001:2022 certification.
By David R. Burda – About this time last year, I wrote about record profit margins that hospitals posted in 2021, according to data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) annual March report to Congress.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of March that we think deserve sharing again.
By Ian Cohen – My Health My Data Act went into effect on March 31, 2024 This law is a game changer for companies, even outside of healthcare. The law requires companies to get an explicit “opt-in” for HIPAA Consent when collecting certain types of data.
By Jitin Asnaani – The sheer amount of information generated in healthcare and the variability of sources increases the risk of duplicate, inaccurate, incomplete, or inconsistent identity data. This can result in numerous hurdles.
By Ryan Hamilton – Change Healthcare will do exactly what its name says: change healthcare. While its mission statement is noble, the immediate industry-wide changes stemming from the recent cyberattack that it fell victim to, are shining a spotlight on an issue that has plagued healthcare: cybersecurity.
By Harikrishna Kundariya – The process of HIPAA-compliant software development is complicated and requires the implementation of efficient design, solid security policies, and a consistent focus on data protection.