Imprivata CIO drives home cybersecurity risks for hospitals and what they can do to minimize them
Imprivata CIO Aaron Miri called attention to cybersecurity risks hospitals face and ways they can reduce medical errors with biometrics.
Digital health companies highlight value of rigorous validation
At Health Datapalooza this week, Akili Interactive Labs and WellDoc officers talked about validating their "software as a drug" products.
Where Will AI Deployment Benefit Payers the Most?
We are taking a look at how health insurers are using AI, defining success, and managing cybersecurity risks. Give us your opinions by completing our brief, anonymous survey.
Lawyer: It’s time to pre-empt state medical privacy laws that differ from HIPAA
Ann Waldo, who runs a boutique law firm specializing in privacy law, health policy and data strategy for digital health companies, took part in a discussion on navigating regulatory hurdles in digital health at Health Datapalooza this week.
OpenNotes initiative to share doctor notes with patients gets singled out for recognition
Cofounders Dr. Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker received the Data Liberator award at Health Datapalooza this week. The award highlights people, organizations and initiatives improving data transparency and access in healthcare.
HHS Secretary Tom Price wants to ease health IT burden on doctors but is committed to interoperability
"We need our physicians to be patient facing, not computer facing," he said in a keynote speech delivered at the Health Datapalooza conference. "We simply have to do a better job of reducing the burden on healthcare providers."
What does it take for startups to get the attention of life science companies?
"Few pharma companies are ready to disrupt the traditional model," said Otsuka Pharmaceuticals U.S. Senior Director of Innovative Data Solutions Pravin Jadhav.
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From Blind Spots to Better Outcomes: How SNF Data Transparency Strengthens LTSS
What if health plans could identify member decline before an avoidable hospitalization occurs? Real-time clinical visibility into long-stay SNF members uncovers risk earlier and drives better outcomes.
UPMC CIO on docs and robots: It’s not man vs. machine, it’s man vs. man and machine
At Health Datapalooza this week, Dr. Rasu Shrestha, the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said: "In the next one, two, three, four years, we’re going to really see all of the disruption coming, and we’re seeing that, not just in the talk that we’re propagating."
Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. Former consultant turned entrepreneur shares timely anecdote
In a panel at Health Datapalooza this week, Zed Kimmel, CEO and Co-founder of remote monitoring startup, Atlas5D, sought to illustrate what can happen when a large company cannot shift gears and the cost of that intransigence.
At Health Datapalooza, leave it to a Brit to take on Donald Trump
"It's great to be here before Mr. Trump puts those walls up," quipped British MP George Freeman, Minister for Life Sciences.
Is reduced patient trust the cost of greater transparency for physician performance, hospital ratings?
"Trust needs to be based on reality not fantasy," said Marshall Allen, who covers patient safety for ProPublica.
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Automation Didn’t Dehumanize Care. Bad Systems Did.
We have the opportunity to design systems that give people greater capacity for the work where human presence matters most: listening, understanding, reassuring, deciding, and caring.
From a new auto-injector for allergies to the patient engagement divide: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week
Check out Friday's MedHeads and catch up on the top stories of the week.