What’s Going On with Blockchain in Healthcare?
Keeping up with technologies that are changing how healthcare is delivered. Can a continuously growing chain of blocks using cryptography have applications in healthcare?
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Scrolling Through the Breaches
By Art Gross – Every day in my newsfeed I’m alerted to yet another compromise to patient information. The headline isn’t always the attention-grabbing ones that we see when major credit companies or big-box retailers are exposed.
Preventing Non-Preventable Risk
New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest Maria Panagioti, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer at The University of Manchester who works in the Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Center.
New Generations, Digital Expectations
By Joel Barthelemy – Malcolm X said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” It’s sage advice that many clinicians might agree with. After all, a patient’s behaviors and choices today influence their well-being in the future.
The Promise of Digital into Practical, Meaningful Results
By Sonia Singh – Create a consumer-grade digital experience for your patients — something that rivals the ease-of-use of Airbnb or Lyft — or risk being lapped in a race you can’t afford to lose.
Capital One Breach, Misconfigurations, and Insider Threats: Protect your Organization
By Chris Bowen – While the Capital One data breach was not targeted at the healthcare industry, characteristics of the attack have sadly become commonplace in health systems throughout the world.
Data Use: Who Should Control?
By Matt Fisher – Questions around the state of privacy for healthcare and other information are being left unanswered in many regards. Many services and tools fall outside the “traditional” healthcare realm, which means HIPAA and state-level legal protections focused on…
Finding ‘The One’: The EHR You Won’t Want to Swap Out
By Roland Therriault – What will it take for unhappy physician or physician groups to find the right match? The answer, it seems, goes beyond “great technology.” Many doctors are actually on their third — or even their fourth — EHR, and they’re still not happy.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – July 2019
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 July that we think deserve sharing again.