October 2010

How to identify spreadsheets and databases with protected health information (PII and PHI)

The nice folks from IBM’s developerWorks group asked me to write an intermediate-level set of instructions (with a little code) for how technical teams can identify and find databases and spreadsheets that might contain personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). The article is now available on IBM’s developerWorks, here’s the abstract: Identity [...]

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Social Networking Guidelines for Physicians, Office Staff and Patients

Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) Legal Services Group has released their Social Media Toolkit for Physicians, Office Staff and Patients to “help physicians navigate through the world of online communication”. I’ve taken a quick look and it’s a terrific document with a good discussion of whether or not physicians should “friend” their patients. It covers [...]

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The Keys To Building Health Care IT Companies

My friend Matt Ethington sent me a note about Forbes.com’s recent article on The Keys To Building Health Care IT Companies. The article nicely covers what they think are “the most important things to consider when creating a health IT firm.” As an advisor to many health IT firms I often repeat the same things [...]

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Guest Article: How to decide which hospital systems to prioritize when planning for disaster recovery

I recently saw BridgeHead Software’s white paper on Healthcare Disaster Recovery and found it quite useful. I invited Charles Mallio, Jr., who is currently Vice President of Business Development for BridgeHead, to give us a summary of their thinking around DR in healthcare. Prior to joining BridgeHead, Charles worked for 12 years at MEDITECH, the [...]

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Join West Wireless and yours truly in DC on Tuesday to learn more about VA’s $100 million Innovation Initiative (VAi2) program

If you’ll be in the DC area on Tuesday, you should drop by at the Healthcare Innovation Day, organized and brought to us by the non-profit West Wireless  Health Institute. While the event is free, registration is required. You should register quickly because seats are limited and they’re running out fast. I’m planning to attend [...]

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