Google in health, privacy, and the patient as consumer.
February 17, 2020 Happy President’s Day to our readers in the U.S. In my latest podcast, Paul Black, CEO of Allscripts shares his thoughts on what it means to treat patients like consumers, the ongoing debate around patient data access and the proposed HHS ruling, and how Allscripts is embracing new technologies like cloud and voice […]
Why interoperability is cool again
February 10, 2020 All the attention for digital transformation initiatives in healthcare seem to be focused on digital front doors, AI, and the emerging tech that transforms patient experiences. The technology enablers for creating these engaging experiences deserve mention too. In my recent article in Healthcare IT News, I discuss how the API-led transformation of […]
Data privacy in the spotlight
February 03, 2020 This past week, we saw a continued standoff between Epic and practically everyone else over opposition to implementing the proposed HHS rules around allowing access to patient data. Epic threatened to sue to block the rules, citing patient privacy concerns, prompting HHS Secretary Alex Azar to denounce “scare tactics.” Two Harvard professors involved […]
The coming disruption of the established order
January 27, 2020 Big tech firms, EHR firms, and the HHS are on a collision course over access rights to patient data. Facing disruption over its exclusive access to patient data, it emerged that EHR vendor Epic had been sending out mailers to hospital CEOs to push back against the proposed HHS rules that aimed […]
The battle for data stewardship
January 20, 2020 This past week, patient data dominated the news cycles. First off, we had the ONC publish its 5-year IT plan planting a new stake in ground in its fight for patients to have unfettered access to their data (and promoted API-led connectivity as a means to getting there). We include a piece from […]
Digital medicine is just medicine
January 13, 2020 In my latest podcast episode, I speak with Daniel Barchi, SVP and CIO of NewYork-Presbyterian health system, on a wide range of topics related to the current state of tech and digital transformation in healthcare. Daniel has been famously quoted for his statement that healthcare tech is “80% people, 15% process, and […]
Welcome to 2020!
January 6, 2020 In our first podcast episode of the year, Mudit Garg, CEO and Co-Founder of digital health startup Qventus talks about how he brings an interdisciplinary approach combining AI and behavioral sciences to optimize patient flow and reduce length of stay in hospitals. He provides an important insight: AI predictions don’t do much […]
Looking forward to 2020
December 23, 2019 In my final blog for the year, I share my thoughts on what’s in store for digital health and digital transformation for the healthcare sector. As someone pointed out after reading my piece, the second law of thermodynamics prevails, which seems to be an accurate summary (I’ll be honest; I had to […]
Exploring the evolution of digital health startups
December 16, 2019 While the promise of digital innovation is immense, the challenges for digital health innovators are many. In the coming weeks, I will be featuring podcast interviews with the founders of several digital health startups who are navigating the challenges in their journey. This week’s podcast features Leah Sparks, CEO and Founder of […]
A new era begins at Google
December 9, 2019 Last week, the tech world saw a seismic shift with Sunder Pichai taking over as CEO for Alphabet, with oversight for the vast resources and the diverse portfolio of Google’s businesses. As a fellow first generation immigrant from India and as an alum of the same engineering school Sunder Pichai went to, […]
