Smart hospital rooms are on the horizon, with some medical centers already rolling them out. In addition to cost and logistics as limiting factors, health systems must consider cybersecurity and resilience when implementing smart room technology. On today's episode HITN Senior Editor Kat Jercich speaks with Thanos Drougkas, a network and information security expert at the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA). This is part three of a three-part podcast series on hosp...
May 14, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 19
CaptureRx ransomware attack exposes patient information from multiple provider systems; Insurers are concerned that telehealth reimbursement parity may lead to overutilization. Also: Bigfoot Biomedical receives FDA clearance for its Bigfoot Unity Diabetes Management System. Links to the stories: Thousands of patient records exposed after ransomware attack on CaptureRx Telehealth reimbursement parity spurs insurer concerns of overutilization FDA greenlights Bigfoot Biomedical's insulin recommendi...
May 14, 2021•2 min
New trends in computing require new frameworks and architectures, so that when stakeholders want to merge or collaborate they can trust that their technologies will work together. For edge computing, that framework is Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE. This network architecture rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and security into a single cloud service. Samuel Hill, senior manager for healthcare at Aruba Networks, joins host Jonah Comstock to dig into what SASE is and why it'...
May 07, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Biden Administration aims to get 70% of Americans at least one vaccine dose by July 4; Healthcare among the top industries affected by tracked ransomware incidents . Also: Employer health benefits management platform Collective Health has scores $280 million in Series F funding . Links to the stories: Biden sets new goal of 70% of adults getting the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4 Healthcare hackers demanded an average ransom of $4.6M last year, says BakerHostetler Collective Health scores $280M to s...
May 07, 2021•2 min
Encouraging girls and young women to study for careers in health IT is ongoing. Experts say it will take years to reach gender parity. In this podcast, IMO CEO Ann Barnes talks about her philosophy on what’s needed now, the changes she’s made in her company and how the health IT industry can come together to bring about gender equity in a cohesive, collaborative way. In this podcast, we’ll discuss: • Learning from one another to bring more parity to the health IT industry • Best practices in dev...
May 05, 2021•14 min
On this podcast Christina Sung, Twilio’s Director of Product for Healthcare, shares how scalable and secure Programmable Video solutions are easily integrated into clinical workflows throughout the patient journey. She discusses the benefits of a platform approach versus a point solution and the tools that providers should consider as communities adjust to hybrid in-person and virtual health appointments. This podcast is presented jointly with Twilio.
May 03, 2021•16 min
While the last five years have seen computing move from local networks to the cloud, especially in healthcare, the trend of edge computing is seeing organizations move back to move forward: Moving key computing and intelligence back to the point of care while still retaining the benefits of cloud computing. This not only reduces latency, which can be especially important for healthcare, but also has important implications for privacy and security. On today's episode, we welcome NIST Fellow Tao Z...
Apr 30, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 17
A healthcare coalition releases a framework protecting the safety and security of patient information; Biden signals goal to lower ACA premiums, deductibles and prescription drug costs. Plus: Accolade eyes the telemedicine space with the acquisition of PlushCare. Links to the stories: Patient ID Now coalition releases national strategic framework for identity, matching In his first joint address, Biden promotes giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices Accolade acquires virtual pr...
Apr 30, 2021•2 min
In this podcast, presented jointly with Twilio , we welcome Twilio’s Sr. Global CX Consultant, Mauro Faili joins us to talk about innovation and different strategies to reimagine your communication operations using the existing data your system has. Additionally, learn about different ways you can personalize your patient communication. Mauro Failli is a Senior Global CX Consultant is currently the team lead for Twilio Foundry - a consulting practice designed to inspire executive engagement visi...
Apr 29, 2021•20 min
Peloton comes under fire for safety concerns about its Tread+ treadmill; Electronic health record usability scores take a nosedive, possibly contributing to burnout among nurses . Also: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said the U.S. needs to do more to promote racial equity. Links to the stories: Consumer safety group warns parents to stop using Peloton Tread+ after reports of child injuries and death Nurses give EHR usability an 'F' in new study Derek Chauvin conviction prompts HHS vow to tackle ra...
Apr 23, 2021•2 min
Host Jonah Comstock, MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett and MobiHealthNews Associate Mallory Hackett welcome Startup Health President Unity Stoakes to discuss Q1 2021 digital health funding. With more than $7 billion raised according to MobiHealthNews's tracker and more than $8 billion according to Startup's, we can all agree it was an impressive month. But how do those numbers compare to the past? To other industries? And what does it all mean for the health of the space? Tune in to fi...
Apr 23, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 16
The CDC and FDA halt use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to rare, severe reactions; Mayo Clinic launches new AI-powered clinical decision support platform . Also: Omada Health rolls out new physical therapy tool. Links to the stories: CDC and FDA pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine over rare blood clot concerns Mayo Clinic launches remote diagnostics platform, forms 2 new companies to support it Omada's latest MSK tech empowers physical therapists to conduct remote appointments...
Apr 16, 2021•2 min
Dr. John Sedor and Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury join host Jonah Comstock and Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich to discuss innovation in the kidney space, especially the fruits so far of the US government's Kidney X innovation prizes. Talking points: What is Kidney X and what’s it’s mission The Redesigning Dialysis prize competitions The implantable kidney and patient innovation prizes Why has innovation been so slow in the kidney space? Health equity implications of kidney disease Kidney ...
Apr 16, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 15
U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuit against UnitedHealth alleging market shenanigans; Insurtech company Bright Health looks to strengthen telehealth foothold with Zipnosis acquisition. Also: AstraZeneca is teaming with Massachusetts General Hospital to create and clinically validate patient-centric digital health solutions. Links to the stories: U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuits against UnitedHealthcare Insuretech company Bright Health buys telemedicine startup Zipnosis AstraZeneca work...
Apr 09, 2021•2 min
With his new company Transcarent, Glen Tullman and his team are looking to go through self-insured employers to create a healthcare experience in line with 21st Century consumer expectations and free of the waste and misaligned incentives endemic in the larger healthcare system. It's a lofty aspiration and one that's been tried before with varying degrees of success — notably with the failed Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JP Morgan Chase venture Haven. On today's episode, Tullman sits down with host ...
Apr 09, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 14
WHO says the introduction of the coronavirus through a laboratory incident is “extremely unlikely”; Amazon secures EAU for an at-home COVID-19 test kit. Plus: Digital health and wellness practitioners believe their sector to be high-risk. Links to the stories: Spread of coronavirus from lab is extremely unlikely, WHO report says Coronavirus likely escaped from a Wuhan lab, says former CDC Director Robert Redfield Amazon lands EUA for COVID-19 test with home sample collection 89% of digital healt...
Apr 02, 2021•2 min
In her new book Humanizing Healthcare , out April 6th, Dr. Summer Knight leverages her experiences as a physician, an entrepreneur, a patient, and a mother of a son with cancer to present a paradigm for how healthcare can change — to be a better experience for healthcare consumers, and find better cost savings and outcomes along the way. Dr. Knight joins host Jonah Comstock to discuss some of the key ideas in the forthcoming book. This episode is brought to you by League . Talking points Dr. Sum...
Apr 02, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 13
AstraZeneca vaccine shows 79% efficacy in trials but is not without controversy; Everlywell acquires PWNHealth and subsidiary Home Access Health . Plus: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs undertaking a strategic review of its Cerner electronic health record modernization program . Links to the stories: AstraZeneca vaccine shows 79% efficacy in phase III trial AstraZeneca is questioned over potential use of outdated information in its COVID-19 clinical trial Everlywell forms new at-home lab test...
Mar 26, 2021•2 min
HIMSSCast welcomes healthcare privacy expert Deven McGraw, currently Chief Regulatory Officer for Ciitizen who previously served as Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy at OCR, as well as Acting Chief Privacy Officer at ONC, to discuss the forthcoming information blocking rules, upcoming HIPAA overhaul, and more with host Jonah Comstock and Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard. Talking points: Challenges of complying with the new info blocking rules How the new rules flip the ...
Mar 26, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Amazon Care set to expand app-based services nationwide in the coming months; Doctor on Demand signals merger with Grand Rounds. Also: HHS releases new funding aimed at helping schools reopen and to expand access to COVID-19 testing and treatments. Links to the stories: Amazon confirms nationwide expansion of telehealth services Doctor on Demand merges with Grand Rounds to form new virtual healthcare company Biden administration invests in expanding COVID-19 testing and treatments...
Mar 19, 2021•2 min
We're getting on toward the end of the quarter, so we've welcomed back the HIMSS Government Relations team — SVP of Government Relations Tom Leary, Senior Director Jeff Coughlin, and Director for Government Relations and Health Policy David Gray — to share impressions, hopes, and predictions for the new Biden Administration. From the HIMSS Media side, host Jonah Comstock, Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard, and HITN Senior Editor Kat Jercich lead the conversation. This episode was ...
Mar 19, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 11
House gives final approval to the $1.9T American Rescue Plan; Bad bots are complicating vaccine sign-ups. Also: PatientPoint merges with Outcome Health to facilitate patient-clinician communications. Links to the stories: House approves $1.9 trillion rescue plan, which now goes before Biden for his signature Big uptick in bot traffic jeopardizes vaccine appointments PatientPoint merges with Outcome Health to form combined patient engagement entity...
Mar 12, 2021•2 min
NurX CEO Varsha Rao joins host Jonah Comstock and MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett to discuss her telehealth company's journey from a laser focus on contraception to a broader play for women's (and men's) health that includes dermatology and migraines. Along the way, we also discuss broader trends in telehealth, challenges of femtech, and NurX's foray into COVID-19 testing. Talking points: NurX’s story What does it mean to be a female-focused telehealth company? Following a patient th...
Mar 12, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Medical groups urge racial data collection efforts for COVID-19 vaccinations; Apple and the University of Michigan share first results from hearing study. Also: Merck and Johnson & Johnson partner with the federal government to ramp up vaccine manufacturing. Links to the stories: Medical groups urge racial data collection efforts for COVID-19 vaccinations Apple, University of Michigan share first results from Apple Hearing Study Merck to open facilities to Johnson & Johnson for speedier ...
Mar 05, 2021•2 min
We know that telehealth can be a tremendous opportunity to expand healthcare access for people who might face barriers to medical services. But it also may be replicating the digital divide. In a recent study, researchers examined data from nearly 150,000 unique patients who scheduled telemedicine visits from March 16 to May 11, 2020. They investigated who completed those visits, and how. Two of those researchers, Dr. Lauren Eberly, a fellow in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Pennsy...
Mar 05, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In today's Top Stories with Jeff Lagasse: Operating margins and other hospital metrics are struggling to recover from a winter COVID-19 surge; HHS pick Becerra praises telehealth. Plus: Google launches CareStudio to tackle EHR navigation issues. Links to the stories: U.S. hospitals and health systems face a long road to recovery HHS Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra signals support for virtual care Google rolls out EHR navigation tool Care Studio...
Feb 26, 2021•2 min
HIMSSCast host Jonah Comstock welcomes Sheldon Fields, RN, PhD, a researcher, health policy analyst, educator and advocate. He serves as Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion at Penn State, First Vice President at the National Black Nurses Association, and founder and CEO of his own consulting firm, the SDF Group. On today's episode, they talk about some of the current health equity challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and how to combat them. Talking points: Dr. Fields' history as a ...
Feb 25, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In today's Top Stories with Jeff Lagasse: Online platform ClassPass unveils a new COVID-19 vaccine locator, while New Jersey struggles with its Microsoft-powered vaccine registration portal. Plus: Insurers are feeling the financial effects of the pandemic. Links to the stories: ClassPass adds COVID-19 vaccine search feature to its platform New Jersey blames Microsoft for weeks of vaccine rollout glitches Fourth quarter COVID-19 costs catch up to insurers...
Feb 19, 2021•2 min
With a small population distributed over a large geographical area, North Dakota doesn't lend itself to the easiest vaccine rollout. But the state has a secret weapon: a robust database called the North Dakota Immunization Information System (NDIIS). NDIIS manager Mary Woinarowicz joins host Jonah Comstock to talk about the early days of the COVID rollout, and how having a robust data management system has helped the state to make the most of its allocated COVID-19 vaccine doses. Talking points:...
Feb 19, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In today's Top Stories with Jeff Lagasse: Best practices for weathering the COVID-19 pandemic are emerging among hospital CEOs, while reimbursement restrictions for telehealth have been removed at a rapid pace. Plus: Fitbit introduces blood glucose monitoring. Links to the stories: The top 10 things CEOs got right during the pandemic Report shows 'vast improvement' in state telehealth reimbursement policies Fitbit adds blood glucose tracking to its connected app...
Feb 12, 2021•2 min
