Shakeups at Google and Cerner liven up what is typically a quiet month in the health IT world, as both companies position themselves for new directions.
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Patient Engagement Begins with Respect
Health systems nationwide are setting themselves up for a patient privacy revolt. It doesn’t have to be this way; far from it. But their blundering, holier-than-thou attitude regarding secondary uses of patient data is frankly infuriating.
Patient Access APIs: Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
In this Hot Take, Brian Murphy discusses the recent Patient Access API requirement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
What’s All the Fuss – Some Thoughts on Recent News
At times it can be challenging to draft commentary on all that is happening across this industry...
Salesforce Enters the Fray: Will They Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
Chilmark Bight After several years of circling the healthcare market, Salesforce finally announced...
With Wristband, Google Entering Consumer Health on Its Own Terms
It’s not every day that health-related news from Google gets buried, but recent headlines about...
Consumer Health Data Plays: Vision? Yes. Value? Maybe…
Challenges & Opportunity In an otherwise slow summer, health IT got caught up in a whirl of...
Apple Steps into Healthcare
Chilmark Bight On June 2, Apple announced the pending release of the Health app and corresponding...
Can Apple Keep the Doctor Away?
“His treatment was fragmented rather than integrated. Each of his myriad maladies was being...