By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA – Too many Americans have experienced the health-related consequences and anxieties that follow a diagnostic error – a diagnosis that is either delayed, poorly communicated, or just plain wrong.
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By Avinash Shanbhag & Rob Anthony – The moments we’ve all been waiting for since 2016 are fast approaching: the 21st Century Cures Act infrastructure is coming into place in 2022! The Cures Act laid out a vision for a rich health IT ecosystem of standards-based APIs and nationwide health information networks to securely…
By Melissa Dexter – Workplace diversity training began soon after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which required employers to end discriminatory hiring practices. However, these trainings were ambiguous and unenforced, producing very little change in employment practices.
By Morris Panner – Modern medicine has revolutionized cancer treatment, and the prognosis for many cancers today is very good if caught early. That’s why regular screenings for certain cancers are a crucial part of preventive care.
By Art Gross – There are many aspects of HIPAA. And sometimes there isn’t a clear understanding of what it covers. We also find that it is the “P” that often trips people up. Because of the strong emphasis on confidentiality, security, and safe handling of information, there is an assumption that the word Privacy is part of the title.
New On Demand Healthcare Upside/Down: With guest Reid Stephan, Chief Information Officer at St. Luke’s Health System who successfully navigated the rapid shift to remote work. He joins me to talk about building a new sense of team spirit and using the crisis to drive innovation.
By David Burda – If you want great medical care, you should move to Lake Wobegon, where all the hospitals are above average. Anywhere else, chances are your medical care will be average. At least according to a short but revealing research letter published recently in JAMA Health Forum.
By Greg Kefer – Technology innovation is moving at an exponential pace. Think about what has happened in just the past 50 years. If you’re old enough, maybe you remember the Apollo Guidance Computer and how it helped astronauts get to the moon. It was 70 pounds of bleeding edge tech.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Doug Miller, PhD, Chief Technology Officer for SmartTab, a company developing an advanced platform of ingestible capsules for oral drug delivery of biologics and targeted medications.