Articles by Industry Expert

HIPAA’s Role in Setting Good Security

By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights is promoting HIPAA as being able to prevent or substantially mitigate the impacts of a cyber attack. It is a bold statement from OCR and one that bears unpacking. Why is OCR asserting that HIPAA can prevent or substantially mitigate a cyber attack?


Incentivizing Healthcare the Right Way

New On Demand Healthcare Upside/Down: With guest Michael Meng, who is the co-founder and CEO of Stellar Health. Michael joins Dr. Nick to talk about what it will take to get an entire industry to start pulling in the same direction.


Receding of the Pandemic: Will the Third Time Be the Charm?

By William Hersh MD – Recently the Governor of Oregon lifted the state’s indoor mask mandate and ended the state’s public health COVID-19 emergency. Like most US states, Oregon had a large Omicron wave of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, although as through all of the pandemic still far below US national averages.


Talent Tuesday: Safety Concerns are Keeping Healthcare Workers Home

By Dimitri Shelest – In October 2021, the San Leandro Hospital emergency room was locked down when a visitor, upset that COVID-19 restrictions prevented him from visiting a patient, threatened to bring a gun to the California healthcare facility. The incident is emblematic of a troubling trend of more frequent and severe violent episodes at healthcare facilities.