Sun.Feb 17, 2019

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Attorney Matthew Fisher Discusses Proposed HHS Interoperability Rule

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Matthew Fisher, attorney at Mirick O’Connell, a Massachusetts-based law firm, spoke to Electronic Health Reporter during HIMSS19, following the release of a new proposed rule by HHS. The proposed rule outlines potential sanctions and penalties placed upon healthcare organizations and physicians that keep information from patients, known as information blocking.

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Siilo : the free secure messaging app for medical team players and the future of 'network medicine'

Lloyd Price

Introduction to Siilo We like to say that todays’ healthcare is extremely sophisticated, but it’s still struggling with a very old-fashioned, siloed structure: Silos separating doctors and patients; silos separating departments within the same organization; silos separating hospital care and primary care as well as patients and their own data, the list goes on and on.