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#FierceMadness: Blockchain, interoperability move on to the Sweet 16

FierceHealthIT

By now, your March Madness basketball brackets are probably all busted. But if you're one of the many following the #FierceMadness Health Buzzwords Tournament rooting for "blockchain," you are still solidly in this game. Vote now in Round 3 of #FierceMadness.

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FDA Rejects SGLT Drug Zynquista for T1D Use

Insulin Nation

The FDA declined to approve Zynquista a drug developed by Sanofi SA and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals intended for use with insulin in patients with Type 1 Diabetes. The generic name of the drug is sotagliflozin. The decision comes about two months after an FDA advisory panel divided over whether the once-daily oral drug should be approved as an add-on to insulin therapy.

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Kaiser Permanente's Bernard Tyson makes case for technology in the wake of viral telemedicine story

FierceHealthIT

FierceHealthcare sat down with Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson at a recent mental health event to talk about technology, Kaiser's recent investments in social determinants and his take on major healthcare policy issues such as drug pricing and a single-payer healthcare system.

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HIPAA Compliant Texting

Telebehavioral Health Institute

HIPAA Compliant Texting? Like many telehealth practitioners in the digital age, you may be asking yourself “Is texting HIPAA compliant?” The answer is a bit tricky. Text messaging–SMS texting or MMS texting–presents an easy to use option for communicating with … Read more. The post HIPAA Compliant Texting appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Importing CSV data into a FHIR server

HAY on FHIR

Suppose you have a csv file of data, and you want to load that into a FHIR server. There are a number of ways that you could do that – depending on the nature of the csv file and the capabilities of the FHIR server that you want to update. Let’s work through a simple scenario. Here’s a part of a simple csv file (maybe an extract from a database holding patient problems): david,jones,ert5543,12/03/1976,m,asthma,195917001 david,jones,ert5543,12/03/1976,m,diabetes,7231109 wendy,smith,uiy6654,17/03/

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