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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024
The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. From integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare and health data platforms to establishing robust data standards that reach beyond clinical settings to managing patient consent and increased patient access, it is fair to say that health data exchange and data management have many important intricacies worthy of careful attention. The scope of health data sharing and use of health data have expanded far beyond electronic health record...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops CIvitas Civitas Networks for Health Data Segmentation For Privacy DS4P HDU HDUs Health Data Health Data Management Health Data Util Source Type: blogs

Immunity Through Bankruptcy for the Sackler Family
Daniel G. Aaron (Harvard Law School), Michael S. Sinha (Saint Louis University), Immunity Through Bankruptcy for the Sackler Family, W. Va. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024): In August 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked one of the largest public health... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 23, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

QHINs, Health Data Exchange, FHIR, AI and More with CommonWell Health Alliance
At HIMSS, we sat down to talk with CommonWell Health Alliance to learn about their passion for interoperability and some of the latest happenings with the CommonWell community. This included an update on CommonWell’s new technical service provider, ELLKAY and their recent designation by the federal government as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN). CommonWell was formed 11 years ago from a consortium of major EHR vendors to carry out the mandate for interoperable data exchange in the HITECH and Affordable Care Acts. As Executive Director Paul L Wilder points out, they are a “switchboard” throu...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 17, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability LTPAC Change Healthcare CommonWell CommonWell Health Alliance ELLKAY FHIR Health Data Exchange Health Information Exchange Healthcare AI Healt Source Type: blogs

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(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Rosenbaum Source Type: blogs

The Supreme Court must consider science, not pseudo-science, in public health rulings
Measles is on the rise in more than a dozen states, an alarming surge for a vaccine-preventable disease eliminated in the United States nearly 25 years ago. Meanwhile, young women exposed to relentless unscientific deception by social media algorithms are abandoning hormonal contraception in favor of significantly less effective methods that result in more unwanted Read more… The Supreme Court must consider science, not pseudo-science, in public health rulings originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jack Resneck, Jr., MD Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

From Patent To Product: The Speed Of The Digital Health Evolution
We’re bombarded with mindblowing headlines of new medical miracles every day. BCI helps paralysed patients talk again! Robots in the stomach! Micro-organs on organ-on-chip technologies! But it is almost impossible to see through the hype and know if and when these will yield actual, patient-ready solutions. So let’s get into this maze and decipher how a new, revolutionary medical technology develops from an ingenious idea to a market-ready product with two real-life examples: the artificial pancreas and wireless ECG. In early April, the UK’s NHS rolled out an artificial pancreas (APS) for Type 1 diabetes patients,...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF artificial intelligence digital health Innovation patent analysis Medicine Source Type: blogs

Navigating organizational dysfunction: lessons from Boeing
If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going—at one time, public opinion of an engineering company run by engineers. Today, perception is a little different. The multinational conglomerate and defense contractor owns some staggering recent mishaps—safety systems, door plugs, unclear technical issues. A disconnect between senior management and hands-on employees is reported. Analysts consider recent events Read more… Navigating organizational dysfunction: lessons from Boeing originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: John Corsino, DPT Tags: Conditions Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

Medicine is not apolitical: Your vote dictates your ability to practice medicine
It’s Wednesday, March 6th, 2024. The day after Super Tuesday. I am sitting in the library, taking a break from writing a final paper for my health economics class, when I see a Politico article: “San Francisco’s Proposition F passed.” 3,000 miles away from my hometown and my medical school, all I can think about Read more… Medicine is not apolitical: Your vote dictates your ability to practice medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 11, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Elizabeth Picazo Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

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(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laura Conrad, Megan Lee, Zainab Okolo Source Type: blogs

Case Western Reserve University ’s Law-Medicine Center Presents Judicial Review of Public Health Laws: From Deference to Indifference with Wendy E. Parmet
.; 12:00PM – 1:00PM on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024. The Elena and Miles Zaremski Law Medicine Forum presents Judicial Review... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 9, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Healthy Together Acquires Kinsa Health to Build AI Illness Forecasting & Expand into New Markets
Healthy Together, a leading health technology company specializing in Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for State-level Health & Human Services programs, is excited to announce the successful acquisition of Kinsa Health, a powerful and robust AI platform that provides predictive insights for pharmaceutical companies, retailers, illness product companies, public health agencies, hospital systems, and communities. The acquisition advances Healthy Together’s mission to improve collective health and make government and enterprises more efficient. By integrating Kinsa’s AI illness forecasting engine into He...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Healthy Together Inder Singh Jared Allgood Kinsa Health Source Type: blogs

Wednesday Bible Study: A public health lesson
Psalm 90 is attributed to Moses. At least David might have existed, although he certainly did not write the psalms attributed to him. Moses is an entirely fictitious character. We know for a fact that the Egyptian captivity and the exodus never happened. But I ' ll give the writer this much credit -- the human lifespan of 70 years was probably pretty accurate at the time, in the sense that it was about the longest people could hope to live. You may recall that in Genesis 6:3 God says the human lifespan will be 120 years, and that many of the characters in Genesis lived for hundreds of years. However, life expectancy -...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 3, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

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Momentum at the state level to increase investment in primary care should be coupled with federal leadership to create national consistency. (Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jordan Goldberg, Corinne Lewis, Jennifer Lyons, Cynthia Summers, Lisa Dulsky Watkins Source Type: blogs

Ensuring Precision in Patient Identity: Modern Approaches to Master Data Management
The government and many healthcare leaders are pushing for more interoperability and data sharing in healthcare. While this is great and has the potential to make a really big impact for good on the lives of patients and potentially costs, one thing that is often missed in this discussion is high quality patient identification. This is a problem that’s made worse by not having a national patient identifier, but let’s set that topic aside for a moment and recognize that even with a national patient identifier, patient identification and patient matching is still going to be a massive challenge. The depth of ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 2, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops EMPI Health Data Sharing Health Information Exchange Healthcare Scene Featured Healthix HIE HIEs HIMSS HIMSS 2024 HIMSS24 National Patient Identifie Source Type: blogs

Agreement or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Submitted to Dept of Health & Human Resources
Srividhya Ragavan (Texas A&M University), Agreement or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Submitted to Dept of Health& Human Resources (Tex. A&M U. Sch. L. Legal Stud. Rsch. Paper) (2024): Dealing with public health as a... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 2, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs