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Ted Kennedy: Healthcare Hero
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Today it was announced Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Our thoughts and prayers go to him and his family as they tackle this in the weeks, months and years ahead. Like almost every American, we all have someone in our family or close friends who has battled some type of […]
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“Governator” to the EMR Privacy Rescue? Who Protects Patient Privacy in Electronic Medical Records
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Wow! Two years have nearly flew by when I first posted this in Summer 2006; and 16 years since an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) was mandated by the Feds. Issues of access, adoption, adaption (A3) continues as well as with the V.I.P.’s privacy making headlines with Gov. Schwarzenegger’s medical records being breached. http://topics.latimes.com/politics/people/arnold-schwarzenegger
According the the […]
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Takes All Types: Leveraging Social Networks for Better Health
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In late 2007 I was approached by friends Ben Bergman and Richie Hecker two successful entrepreneurs to assist them in developing a concept which would increase blood donation nationally by creating an app for Facebook and other social networking sites. Since then they have established a not-for-profit organization based in New York that Ben is serving […]
