Neil joined MedCity News in April 2015, writing about healthcare technology. He covers how hospitals, health insurance companies and other parts of the medical industry leverage cutting-edge technologies: from health IT to telemedicine to healthcare social media.
He has been covering healthcare IT since 2000, across a wide range of publications. He specializes in health information technology, mobile healthcare, healthcare quality, physician practice and hospital management and healthcare finance.
"Current privacy laws like HIPAA don't protect us. The privacy protections we have don't match the real-world privacy risks," cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier said in a newly released video from TEDMED 2016.
Trump also called for reforming the "slow and burdensome" FDA drug approval process.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
At HIMSS17 last week, Richard Daniels spoke about healthcare transformation via a consumer-driven model.
In a press briefing Monday morning, President Donald Trump said, according to multiple news outlets, that, "Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated."
The two investors capped a long week with an entertaining keynote to close HIMSS17.
If and when rates rise again, the cost of debt service will be competing with healthcare and a couple other major components of the federal budget for ever scarcer dollars, Leavitt explained at HIMSS17 this week.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
There's only so much HIMSS conference a publication like MedCity News can cover, so it's impossible to know everything that has gone on here in Orlando, but let's give it our best shot.
The program outfits EMTs with 4G-enabled tablets that connect to 9-1-1 services, the University of Texas Health Science Center, a nurse help line, a network of primary care clinics (for the purpose of getting people into medical homes) and even to a taxi service for transportation.
Health Catalyst, of Salt Lake City, announced the commercialization agreement Tuesday at HIMSS17 in Orlando, Florida.
This was but one of several pieces of news the Amsterdam-based technology company discussed Monday at HIMSS17.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
"Competitive advantage in healthcare will not come from digitization," Rometty said. "It's going to come from cognitive." But there must be transparency.
Perhaps only at something as large as the annual HIMSS conference can an entity with more than 1,400 employees emerge from "stealth" mode, but that's what Integra Connect is announcing Monday morning.
A giant elephant just entered the Valencia Ballroom at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber, who is retiring at the end of 2017, is preparing to depart at a time when health IT at a crossroads.
The only known treatments for #HIMSSanity are an extended weekend off after HIMSS, a couple of nights out during the event and, of course, a lot of laughter.