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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.

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Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic CIO – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

This perspective reinforces a key theme of healthcare innovation and health IT improvement: the technical problems are often easier to solve than the cultural and political problems. ” I spoke with Ed as part of my ongoing series of fireside chats with healthcare innovation leaders – Harlow on Healthcare , on HealthcareNOW Radio.

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Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic CIO – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

This perspective reinforces a key theme of healthcare innovation and health IT improvement: the technical problems are often easier to solve than the cultural and political problems. ” I spoke with Ed as part of my ongoing series of fireside chats with healthcare innovation leaders – Harlow on Healthcare , on HealthcareNOW Radio.

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

by FDA and Digital Health Regulation - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Related Stories A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare.

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Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce issue joint statement for healthcare interoperability

Lloyd Price

Interoperability is an overlapping set of technical and policy challenges, from data access to common data models to information exchange to workflow integration – and these challenges often pose a barrier to healthcare innovation. Today, as health IT community leaders get together at the CMS Blue Button 2.0

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

I spoke with Win, Michael, Eric and Simon as part of my ongoing series of fireside chats with healthcare innovation leaders – Harlow on Healthcare , on HealthcareNOW Radio. The FDA is interested in the platform as well, for post-market surveillance applications. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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