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Three Takeaways from Rock Health Summit 2018
October 22, 2018
Last week, I had the good fortune of attending the Rock Health Summit in San Francisco. Rock Health,…
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Reading between the lines of the Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce healthcare interoperability pledge
August 20, 2018
Last Monday, Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce released a joint statement concerning healthcare interoperability. The “Pledge”…
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Recapping the ONC Interoperability Forum
August 13, 2018
Last week I attended the 2nd ONC Interoperability Forum. The event was billed as an opportunity to, “bring…
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Will Industry Outsiders Save Healthcare Dollars Through Data?
July 11, 2018
With every sector of the economy feeling the effects of ever-increasing healthcare costs and no relief in sight,…
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Data-Enabled Strategy for the Social Determinants of Health
April 17, 2018
Social determinants of health (SDOH) has turned into the feel-good buzzword of the year. Broadly defined, SDOH refers…
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Preventing the Next Cambridge Analytica from using your Medical Records
April 12, 2018
Most healthcare pundits can agree that patients should be in control of their data. There’s actually enough momentum…
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How many visits does it take to get an ACL done?
April 6, 2018
In August, I tore my MCL, ACL, and possibly my meniscus. Of course, I didn’t know at the…
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Is This the Beginning of a Real Disruption in Healthcare?
February 23, 2018
When Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Jamie Dimon get together, they have interesting conversations. When they make a public…
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How Censoring Words like Fetus, Transgender, and Evidence-based Could Impact Public Health
January 18, 2018
The Washington Post headline was chilling: “CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity.” Could there be…
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How Will the CVS-Aetna Merger Transform the Patient Care Landscape?
December 19, 2017
In announcing its deal to acquire Aetna, CVS Health President and CEO Larry J. Merlo promised that they…
