Design Thinking for Healthcare and Medical School
New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest Dr. Clay Johnston, MD, PhD, Dean, Dell Medical School and Vice President for Medical Affairs, UT Austin.
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Closing the Gap Between IT Developers and End Users
By Waver Hickerson – When I graduated from college and became a C programmer for NCR Corporation, IT developers were isolated from our systems’ end users by several layers of company teams.
Business Associate Agreement Hot Points
By Matt Fisher – If an organization is involved in healthcare, whether as a provider, facility, consultant, vendor or in almost any other capacity, it is highly likely that HIPAA applies to internal operations and relationships with other parties.
AHRQ’s New Question Builder App Helps Engage Patients and Caregivers in Healthcare Teams
By Jeffrey Brady MD, MPH – As a physician, I know that when patients and caregivers ask questions, it helps them be more fully engaged as part of their own healthcare teams.
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?
Third-Party Vendor Causes Breach Impacting 45,000 Patients
By Art Gross – Rush University Medical Center is feeling the impact of a breach they themselves did not cause. A third-party vendor is responsible for compromised personal information of 45,000 patients of Rush Medical.
FDA is Working to Bridge Gaps and Meet Needs for Rare Disease Product Development
By Janet Maynard, MD & Andrea Furia-Helms – There are approximately 7,000 rare diseases affecting an estimated 30 million people in the United States. Many of these diseases are serious or life-threatening and it is estimated that half affect children.
Have We Passed the High-Water Mark of Seamless Technology?
By William Hersh MD – Have we passed the high point of technology being seamless and easy to use? I recently had to give a presentation to faculty that included showing a few slides, and I assumed I could just bring my MacBook Pro, with its HDMI port…
Five Takeaways from the 28th National HIPAA Summit
By Rita Bowen – The month of March holds important projections for the healthcare industry—especially for those involved in privacy, security and patient access to health information. It is when the annual National HIPAA Summit is held every year in Washington, D.C., and this year was no exception.