Jeff Lagasse
The legal and technological picture surrounding data is a muddy one, and the healthcare industry is scrambling to keep up.
Privacy & Security
There is an apparent lack of awareness of federal regulations in both the U.S. and Canada to keep patient information secure.
Countries that spent more on social services tended to spend more on healthcare, even after adjusting for poverty and unemployment rates.
Privacy & Security
The rapid adoption of digital technologies is considered beneficial to providers, but it can lead to cybersecurity gaps.
The fine is the largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers' privacy, according to the FTC.
Workforce Development
Forty-nine percent of surveyed physicians who had remained independent since 2011 attested to meaningful use of EHRs.
Surescripts is seeking to cut off PillPack's access to patient data, and the latter, an Amazon-owned company, isn't taking the matter lightly.
Patients age 60 and over used the portal less than younger patients, and African Americans used the portal less than white patients.
Workforce Development
Physicians of almost all age groups show an interest in pursuing telemedicine jobs or service lines.
Workforce Development
In its review of physician supply and demand, the Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of up to 67,000 specialists by 2032.