Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Facebook's WhatsApp has been growing in user numbers to become one of the globally dominant and most widely used messaging apps. And as such, it was only a matter of time before it found its way expanding from the casual, private userbase to professionals, even in fields such as healthcare – that must surely rank as some of the most sensitive. The website providing a guide to the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) asks the pertinent question: is using WhatsApp

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care innovations

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

At the age of seven I saw my first USMC commercial and I was mesmerized by the scenes of action, attention to discipline and, of course, the Marine Corps blues uniform. I knew from that moment that I would eventually become a Marine. It was my goal in life to serve with purpose, and this would be the beginning of that journey. Fast forward to the late ‘80s: After I enlisted, I found myself being deployed overseas to support Operation Desert Storm.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson died unexpectedly on Sunday, the health system said.

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