Healthcare Technology Blog

For the last several years I’ve had folks in the digital health community ask me about the value of attending the annual Austin celebration of arts, entertainment and geek known as SXSW.

Topics: Austin, SXSW, Healthcare Technology, Digital Health, Healthcare

HIMSS 2017 starts in less than two weeks in Orlando. It has become the place for healthcare’s elite to party and it is those brand-sponsored parties, and the networking opportunities, that draw people from all over to attend including the likes of “Sharks” Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary.

Topics: Healthcare, Drinking, Orlando, Harry Potter

2017 will see a huge shift in healthcare. From new technology, to increased costs, or to the implementation of the services you receive, it will be different. You can bet on it.

Topics: Healthcare, Health, Predictions, 2017

The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource standard, commonly referred to as FHIR (pronounced “fire”) has a lot of people in the healthcare industry hopeful for interoperability between the electronic health record (EHR) systems and external systems — enabling greater information sharing.

Topics: Healthcare, Fhir, Hl7, Health Technology, Integration

This week’s 2016 Health Tech Draft includes special guest Mike Millard (@MillardTX) — Executive Director of Innovation and Technology Commercialization at Ascension. Mike talks about the $5.5MM that Advocate Health Care recently spent on HIPAA penalties as well as he highlightsUnaliWear, WiseWear, and Chiron Health.

Topics: Healthcare, Healthcare Innovations, Telemedicine

This week’s 2016 Health Tech Draft includes special guest Jordan L. Shlain MD — Managing Partner of Private Medical and Founder/Chairman of HealthLoop. Jordan talks about the Patient IO and Gliimpse acquisitions as well as his top pick of the week Avia Health Innovation.

Topics: Healthcare Technology, Healthcare, Mergers And Acquisitions

This week’s 2016 Health Tech Draft includes special guest Kerry Rupp former CEO of Dreamit Ventures and current General Partner of True Wealth Ventures. Kerry identifies her top pick of the week and talks about health data breaches and consumer healthcare apps such as EverlyWell.

Topics: Healthcare, Draft, Health Technology

A Virtual Private Network is a private tunnel from a medical facility’s network firewall to external facility’s network firewall. These are basically holes poked through the main security device designed to prevent outside data from reaching the medical facility’s network. VPNs are complicated to set up and let’s face it: they suck.

Topics: Healthcare, VPN, Privacy

I went to the hospital today because I broke a toe on my left foot. My doctor was able to buddy tape the toe in mere minutes and yet my medical record at the hospital won’t be updated for over a month. How is this even possible in today’s modern world of medicine?

Topics: Healthcare, Transcription Service, Health Technology