As the health industry follows the immutable laws of consumer behavior, does the electronic medical record become a “dungeon of doom” for the physician practices and healthcare facilities that use them?
If healthcare is to truly be consumer centric, then we need consumer tools that will make personal health information consent more manageable.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Our society has evolved to the point of “experiences”. No longer is there a simple purchase in any industry. Purchasing a product or service has become an “experience”. Perhaps Steve Jobs can be credited with formalizing the experience approach at Apple. Whether product design, end to end software/hardware control, marketing, store design, online experiences, product […]
On August 5, 2014 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California announced they would jointly invest $80 million in creating a state health information exchange for California – Cal Index. An article in the San Francisco Business Times stated: “other efforts to create such a statewide exchange, including the now-defunct CalRHIO and Cal eConnect, […]
Following the June release of ONC’s Ten Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure, National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Karen DeSalvo posted, “We have heard loudly and clearly that interoperability is a national priority.” While there can be no doubt that interoperability in the health IT infrastructure is desirable, it is not […]