This Week Health: Newsroom
951 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings“This Week Health: NewsRoom” showcases our commitment to transforming healthcare one connection at a time, providing a dedicated space for timely discussions on industry news. Featuring programs like Today in Health IT, Newsday, UnHack (the News), and This Week Health: Live; this channel caters to healthcare professionals who face the constant challenge of staying informed despite their demanding roles. Guided by the seasoned insights of CEO and Host Bill Russell, and co-hosts Drex DeFord and Sarah Richardson—all of whom have firsthand experience in the trenches of health IT leadership—this channel delivers concise updates and expert analysis to keep you informed in the rapidly evolving world of health technology. Subscribe today for a reliable source of current information, accessible wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Walmart Health - A Growth Strategy
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.93 MBI saw a chart recently that had a comparison of costs from CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Urgent Care. They compared Office Visit, Flu Test, Strep Test and Lipid Panel. In almost all of these cases Walmart was 1/2 to 1/3 the cost, saving the consumer almost $100 per event over urgent care clinics. I get asked, is Walmart a player in heathcare? My answer is always the same. Absolutely. FTA Walmart is gearing up to provide healthcare online to people across the country. The medical group for...
Opposition to State Licensure for Telehealth
July 23, 2021 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.82 MBShould the ability to practice of telehealth be managed at the state or federal level? Common debate and our topic for Today in Health IT. FTA States currently define telemedicine by the location of the patient, not the physician, which can create barriers for practicing via telemedicine. In a July 20 Wall Street Journal op-ed, Joseph Bernstein, MD, and Shirley Svorny, PhD, shared insights on state licensing laws and why they believe the regulations are restricting virtual care practices. ...
Amazon Web Services Jumps into Healthcare Data Lakes
July 22, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.84 MBThe race is heating up, who will win the healthcare data race - Amazon, Google, Microsoft or other? FTA Rush University Medical Center sayes that even in preview mode, Amazon HealthLake was an integral part of its COVID-19 response Amazon says HealthLake uses machine learning to understand and extract meaningful medical information from unstructured data, and then organizes, indexes, and stores that information in chronological order to provide a holistic view of the patient. Using Amazon ...
IT spending expected to increase for cyber, analytics, cloud - Gartner CIO Survey
July 21, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes - 7.27 MBHuman nature is that when more money is spent expectations are higher. Any time these survey's indicate increased spending I wonder about stakeholder expectations. FTA A survey of nearly 2,000 technology execs found they expected to see a boost in funding for digital infrastructure – as well as a continuation of work-from-home policies. Its findings reveal four ways in which CIOs can continue to make a difference in digital business acceleration and long-term agility: Win differently,...
VA EHR Implementation - My $.02 for Congress and Secretary McDonough
July 20, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.89 MBThe scorecard for the first VA site is in on the EHRM project and Senator's are "fed up" FTA "The strategic review illuminated a broad range of issues and affirmed many stakeholder concerns," said McDonough in written testimony submitted to the committee. The initial issues identified included: Patient safety.Although staff took immediate action on clear issues, McDonough said stakeholders lacked clarity on the broader definition, nature and number of patient safety issues related to the ...
Drug Overdose Deaths Soared 30% in 2020
July 19, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.52 MB35% of all Telehealth visits during the pandemic were related to mental health. Today we explore an important aspect of our Pandemic 2030 planning. FTA The surge, the 2020 data show, was driven largely by a proliferation of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid whose use has spread across the nation. The pandemic amplified the epidemic of overdoses, bringing on social isolation, trauma and job losses, according to addiction experts and treatment providers. Overdose deaths began rising in th...
HIMSS State of the Healthcare for 2021 Report
July 16, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.83 MBHIMSS State of Healthcare Report is out. FTR State of Healthcare Report was collected from March to April 2021 and represents 2,743 respondents in the United States—225 health systems, 309 clinicians, 147 payers and 2,062 patients. Most health systems offer digital programs, with nearly one-third having targeted, high-impact efforts that track key performance indicators and outcomes. However, 52% of provid- ers have not progressed these initiatives beyond pilot stages. The greatest barri- ...
Louisiana hospital looks to skirt $200M Epic EHR implementation through affiliation
July 15, 2021 08:00 - 4 minutes - 3.33 MBThis is only going to accelerate as the cost of the technology to support hospitals goes up in cost and complexity. FTA Rather than making a multimillion-dollar investment to deploy a new EHR, Woman's Hospital is seeking potential health system partners that instead would let the Baton Rouge, La.-based hospital connect to their Epic system, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Woman's Hospital issued an information request in June seeking proposals for an affiliation from n...
Digital Health Companies Smash Funding Record in First Half of 2021
July 14, 2021 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.43 MBDoes the digital health startup you are thinking of investing in, and that is what you are doing when you partner or purchase their product have enough cash to get off the ground? FTA In the first half of the year, companies raised a total of $14.7 billion across 372 deals, according to a report released today by Rock Health. By comparison, they raised $14.6 billion in 2020 — a record for the time — and just $7.7 billion in 2019. Some of the biggest funding rounds so far this year include: D...
Vaccine Validation for HIMSS my Experience
July 13, 2021 08:00 - 8 minutes - 5.99 MBA bunch of conferences are going full vaccine requirement for entry. HIMSS and HLTH being the largest. Today we discuss the process and how it went for me.
Dollar General Hires a CMO, Why?
July 12, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.79 MBRural Healthcare, Social Determinants, and Retail Partnerships are the topic of today's show. FTA Dollar General said Wednesday that it has hired its first chief medical officer and will add products such as cold and cough medication and dental supplies to shelves as it aims to become a health-care destination. The fast-growing discounter has more than 17,400 stores across the country, including many in rural areas that don’t have many other grocers or major pharmacies nearby. However, it h...
Telehealth Recedes Further - What do You Believe the Future Holds?
July 09, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.26 MBWhat do you believe about the future of telehealth is for healthcare providers? Where will it be used effectively? How quickly will it take off? What is required for it to thrive? How will patients respond when they ask for a telehealth option and one isn't available? Telehealth visits receded again based on claims data. FTA In April, telehealth utilization fell 12.5%, a trend mirrored by a gradual shift back to in-person visits at hospitals and other healthcare settings, according to FAIR ...
Internal Marketing for IT, Do You Do it Well?
July 08, 2021 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.92 MBGreat solution at Sparrow Hospital in Michigan. I like it when patients, family and clinicians are happy with a technology solution. These are feel good stories that everyone should know. Technology can make healthcare a better experience. My question for today is how good are you at telling your success stories internally and externally. Do people know when your Health IT team has hit it out of the park or just when they strike out.
Kaseya ransomware attack, What you Need to Know
July 07, 2021 08:00 - 8 minutes - 5.64 MBCISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continue to respond to the recent supply-chain ransomware attack leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya VSA software against multiple managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. CISA and FBI strongly urge affected MSPs and their customers to follow the guidance below. CISA and FBI recommend affected MSPs: Download the Kaseya VSA Detection Tool. This tool analyzes a system (either VSA server or managed endpoint) and determines whether...
Innovation Investment for 13 Health Systems
July 06, 2021 08:00 - 8 minutes - 5.71 MBTwo trends I'm seeing in Health Systems Innovation Investment Strategies. 1. Public / Private partnerships 2. Multi-Health System investments FTA Cleveland Clinic launched a new infectious disease research center through a $500 million innovation collaboration with the city of Cleveland and JobsOhio. Cleveland Clinic will put up $300 million in funds while JobsOhio will invest $200 million. Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital, both based in Columbus, joined a new $1 bil...
An Interview with Scott Becker
July 02, 2021 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MBThere is an adage, you learn more from listening than by speaking. Well podcasters, especially those that do interviews are great listeners. Today, Scott Becker and I share notes. We explore: What are the highlights of the Becker's Podcast so far? Which US Presidents have the best grasp of healthcare issues? What are the most pressing issues facing health systems in 2021? Do new entrants like Amazon, CVS, Walmart etc pose a real threat? Who do you think is going to win the race to the hospit...
Chime Summer Forum Recap - David Brailer
July 01, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.69 MBDavid Brailer the nations first National Coordinator for Health IT was interviewed at the CHIME Summer Forum by Scott MacLean of MedStar Health, here are some excerpts: on Public Health I came into the government, not that long after 9/11. When the L E X S the Law Enforcement eXchange System was put in place to allow information sharing from a local police department to the intelligence agencies. So it was seamless and integrated and analyzed. And that was a perfect metaphor for the public h...
Where do Sepsis Predictive Models Fall Down?
June 30, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.14 MBA leading EHR provider took heat for their Sepsis model only detecting 7% of cases missed by clinicians. Today we explore an article by Angelique Russell on why that is unacceptable and totally understandable. FTA The alarms you see on television exist only for the sickest patients at best. There is some data supporting the cost effectiveness of transitioning to continuous monitoring for all patients, but progress towards this goal is often hampered by competing financial priorities. Neith...
A Tale of Two Telehealth Visits
June 29, 2021 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MBPick your favorite phrase about telehealth. "We're not going back" "The genie is out of the bottle" "The toothpaste is out of the tube". This sentiment is prevalent. Are we ready? On Today in Health IT I look at two experiences on the same day. One is my neighbor who was seeing a specialist from an Academic Medical Center for a rare disease and the second was my wife who wanted to talk to a physician about a nagging problem. One was a great experience, the other not so much. It got m...
CHIME Summer Forum Recap - Nigrin, Pageler, Lin, and Chou
June 28, 2021 14:00 - 12 minutes - 8.33 MBLooking for ideas on how to engage patients in their health? CHIME Summer Forum had Daniel Nigrin, Natalie Pageler MD, CT Lin MD, share success stories from their health systems with moderator David Chou I love these sessions because they are like idea books for health systems. Not industry that I've been a part of is as open to sharing and collaborative as healthcare. Some quotes from the presentation. Nigrin "Telehealth is the fuel that has driven our COVID response." Pageler "for incre...
Telehealth Regressing to the Mean
June 25, 2021 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.29 MBJoseph C. Kvedar, MD shared his keynote before the 2021 American Telemedicine Association. He addresses a regression that is underway from local providers dominating the delivery of telehealth to the national providers once again taking over the top spot. FTA When I talk to other provider organizations, I hear common themes dragging them back into an in-person-dominant care model. Themes such as filling beds and charging facility fees come up repeatedly, not to mention the threat of lower...
CHIME Summer Forum Recap - 7 ONC Coordinators and Aaron Miri
June 24, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBWhat do we learn about the future of interoperability and data sharing when seven former National Coordinators for health IT covering four administrations are on stage together. Micky Tripathi, Biden Administration Don Rucker Trump Administration Vindell Washington Obama Administration Karen Desalvo - Obama Administration Farzad Mostashari - Obama Administration David Blumenthal - Obama Administration Rob Kolodner - Bush Administration The primary thing we learn is the continuity of the str...
Scripps CEO Chris Van Gorder Shares Ransomware Response
June 23, 2021 08:00 - 9 minutes - 6.71 MBThe letter you never want your CEO to have to write. Chris Van Gorder the CEO of Scripps pens an oped to the San Diego Union Tribune. From the letter In May, Scripps Health’s IT team detected unusual network activity on our systems — yet another ransomware attack had fallen on a major U.S. health-care provider. Our team worked quickly to initiate an investigation and to take steps to contain the incident. Computer consulting and forensic firms were immediately engaged to expedite the reco...
CHIME Summer Forum Recap with ONC IT Coordinator Micky Tripathi
June 22, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 8.11 MBWhat does the ONC do for Health IT? Health Equities? Public Health? Micky Tripathi the IT Coordinator for ONC sat down with Russ Branzell of CHIME at the summer forum to discuss his first couple months in the role and his vision for what they might accomplish. He shared the aspirational and the practical. Vision for the next couple of years. 1. CIOs to think about innovation again. Away from regulatory demands. 2. Solve the last inch of interoperability. 3. Break down the silos bet...
CHIME Summer Forum Recap - Miri, Townsend, Diop, and Corbridge
June 21, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.05 MBHow did your health system make it through the pandemic and what's next? Great topic for a panel discussion. Moderator - Tanya Townsend - CIO Louisiana Children's Medical Center Angela Diop CIO, Unity Health Care - FQHC Aaron Miri - CIO, Dell Medical School & UT Health Austin Richard Corbridge - CIO Boots IT UK "it was really a lot of effort for us to maintain some of these on-prem systems and servers. And so making that decision and moving that infrastructure to the cloud was incredible a...
The Digital Reconstruction of Healthcare
June 18, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 6.17 MB"There are rare moments in history when technology policy, and urgency to change converge. This is one of those moments." Opening quote from a book I received and read this week by Paul Cerrato and John Halamka. "The Digital Reconstruction of Healthcare, Transitioning from Brick and Mortar to Virtual Care" Excellent book, balanced in its review of the technology and approaches to digital health. Loaded with information that will help you frame the discussion at your health system and wi...
Ransomed Health System - Lessons Learned - Day 3
June 17, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.36 MBIf you don't have the budget, people or commitment from the executive team to support the cybersecurity initiatives required to protect your health systems what should you do? Seems like an easy question. Is it a Norma Rae moment? Is it a grin and do the best you can moment? Is it a head in the sand moment, maybe the bad guys don't care about my little health system? I'd make it my first slide on every presentation to my superiors or board until they understand how important this is. ...
Getting Through a Ransomware Attack - Day 2
June 16, 2021 08:00 - 13 minutes - 9.4 MBIt's 3:30 in the morning the call comes in, we have a ransomware attack that is locking up all of our systems. What do you do? Today we look at the events following the initial diagnosis of a health system that was ransomed just last fall. Some of the steps are obvious, some not so obvious. Tomorrow, we look at the lessons learned in the process.
A Day in the Life of a Ransomed Health System
June 15, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 8.1 MBSky Lakes Medical Center was ransomed last fall. They shared their story and we break it down over three days. What it's like to experience a Ransomware attack. Steps to recover. Learnings. This is pulled from a YouTube video of a retrospective given by the Sky Lakes CIO. Let's dive in.
Teledoc Growth Prospects and Providers Response
June 14, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.36 MBWe are in the early innings on #telehealth. What gaps would you like your provider to fill? Teladoc Health will do 12 million to 13 million visits this year in a U.S. market that will do around one billion total visits, annually, including mental health care. FTA Teladoc was a big stock market winner during the pandemic as medicine went virtual. However, the reopening and concerns about valuation and growth potential have pressured shares, down roughly 50% from its peak this year. It does ...
Amazon Care Ramps Up Customer Expectations
June 11, 2021 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBWhy do we care about Amazon Care's Expansion? Because no company can turn a cool app, into a chatbot consult, to an onsite visit to meds in less than 24 hours. The question now becomes, can Amazon do this at scale. Digital components go nationwide this summer with full service expansion to Washington DC, and Baltimore in the same timeframe. FTA The tech giant has used Amazon Care for employees in Seattle since 2019 and it is highly rated by employees, The service begins with a chatbot, t...
WSJ: Amazon Care Signs More Companies
June 11, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBWhy do we care about Amazon Care's Expansion? Because no company can turn a cool app, into a chatbot consult, to an onsite visit to meds in less than 24 hours. The question now becomes, can Amazon do this at scale. Digital components go nationwide this summer with full service expansion to Washington DC, and Baltimore in the same timeframe. FTA The tech giant has used Amazon Care for employees in Seattle since 2019 and it is highly rated by employees, The service begins with a chatbot,...
Apple's Major Healthcare Step and Epic's Absence
June 10, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.5 MBI'd love your thoughts on two things. Apple announced sharing of health records directed by the patient from the phone. How big or small is this announcement? Meditech and Cerner were a part of the announcement but not Epic. How big or small of a deal was their non-participation? FTA Apple is now partnering with Electronic Health Record companies, including Cerner and Meditech, to give users the ability to share their Apple Health data directly with healthcare providers. Apple is al...
Ready for an Employee Turnover Tsunami?
June 09, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.89 MB52 percent of North American workers plan to look for a new position in 2021 26 percent of workers plan to leave their employers after the pandemic. So we have that to look forward to. FTA "This suggests that people think the grass is greener," says Dan Roberts, CEO of Ouellette & Associates and author of Confessions of a Successful CIO, "and not because it's spring!" Among the multiple factors at play, according to the Prudential Financial survey, are employee concerns about career advance...
Social Determinants Progress, How do we 10X it?
June 08, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.94 MBWhat will it take to 10x social determinants work in your community? The leaders in this article share great stories but they feel like drops in the ocean. Important drops, necessary drops, and appreciated drops but drops nonetheless. FTA Kevin E Lofton, CEO of CommonSpirit Health shared the story of a patient who kept going to the ER. Then, he enrolled in the “Total Health Roadmap,” a program where patients are cared for by social workers, health coaches, and nurse practitioners. He receiv...
The Future of Digital Health Funding and it's Meaning for You
June 07, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.09 MBWill digital health funding continue at this pace or did the COVID 70% increase primarily in the telehealth space create a bubble? Aaron Martin kicks off this conversation with a quote to get us grounded. "There is an old economist joke that economists have called five out of the last two recessions." FTA "My sense is that over the next ten years we’re going to see a marked shift in the health care landscape where digital health—which is health care that leverages the power of advanced comp...
Ransomware is Your Health Systems Top Strategic Priority Today
June 04, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.99 MBCan your health system CEO say "we did everything we could to ensure the continuity of care in our community in the event of a ransomware attack."? If not, maybe it's time to escalate this to the top STRATEGIC priority for the health system. It is after all a patient safety issue and a civic responsibility issue. FTAs UF Health Central Florida has suffered a reported ransomware attack that forced two hospitals to shut down portions of their IT network. Reuters also reported today that ra...
Is It Ever Acceptable for a Hospital to Close? Hahnemann's Story
June 03, 2021 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIs it ever acceptable for a hospital to close? Will we ever allow creative destruction in healthcare or is there a moral imperative to avoid any market forces on hospitals and healthcare? This story is too long to quote here, but here is the gist. For profit - bad Not for profit - good Private Equity - evil The victim is Hahnemann hospital Hahnemann for profit executive leadership - keystone cops at best, incompetent bullies at worse. The real victim was the impoverished neighborhoods of No...
9 Trends Shaping Work in 2021 and Beyond
June 02, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MBDoes your company have their future work arrangement figured out yet? Will remote workers become a new class of worker or will it be seamless? What geographic boundaries will you place on workers? Will they be able to live in adjacent states and still be required to come on site a couple days a week? and cover their own cost of travel? Some items from the article we are hearing from CHROs that the surveys of their own employees are showing that men are more likely to decide to return to t...
Scripps EHR Back Online after 4 Weeks, What's Next?
June 01, 2021 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.83 MBIs this a cautionary tale for the industry or a call to action? FTA Scripps Health's Epic EHR system and online patient portal were restored May 27, nearly four weeks after a ransomware attack knocked the San Diego-based health system's network offline, The San Diego-Union Tribune reported. A Scripps nurse told the Tribune that the EHR returned to service at 4 a.m. on May 27. Scripps regained read-only access to Epic last week, which let staff look up past test results, clinician notes and ...
Transitions, A Great Time to Make a New Start
May 28, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 6.19 MBWhat habits do you want to continue coming out of the pandemic? What activities do you want to change coming out of the pandemic? Our habits were obliterated during the pandemic and that may present an opportunity to write a better story in our lives. FTA Behavioral scientists have long known that times of disruption and transition also create new opportunities for growth and change. Disruption can come in many forms, and it happens when life knocks us out of our normal routines. It can ...
Bosses Still Aren't Sure Remote Workers Have 'Hustle'
May 27, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.82 MBLet's flip the conversation. What worries you about the continued use of flexible work arrangements? We all know why you like it, what are you worried about? FTA At the wall street journal CEO council summit this month, JP Morgan Chase's Jamie diamond said remote work doesn't work well for those who want to hustle Goldman Sachs CEO, David Solomon has called it . An aberration that we're going to correct as soon as possible. Using an array of metrics for 7,000 workers, such as email and o...
Vulnerability in VMware product has a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10
May 26, 2021 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.24 MBVMware is pervasive in healthcare, it's time to check you servers if you haven't already done so. FTA The security flaw, which VMware disclosed and patched on Tuesday, resides in the vCenter Server, a tool used for managing virtualization in large data centers. vCenter Server is used to administer VMware’s vSphere and ESXi host products, which by some rankings are the first and second most popular virtualization solutions on the market. Enlyft, a site that provides business intelligence, sho...
Electronic Prior Authorizations in 2021, Are Fax Machines Finally in Danger?
May 25, 2021 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.41 MBAre Fax Machines across Healthcare Finally in Jeopardy? FTA Anthem has announced a collaboration with Epic to facilitate secure, bi-directional exchange of health information between providers and Anthem's affiliated health plans. The interoperability capability is intended to help close clinical and medication gaps. It will also help to streamline administrative processes, such as prior authorization, which has been an issue for hospitals and physicians. Providers will be able to send...
Rethinking the Waiting Room Post Pandemic
May 24, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.65 MBWhat changes would you like to see in Healthcare's waiting rooms? FTA In the name of efficiency, profits, public health and a better customer experience, healthcare providers around the country are looking at changing every aspect of the waiting-room experience, from the furniture to the fish tank. Returning patients no longer need to arrive early, she says, thanks, in part, to software that digitize many traditional waiting-room and administrative tasks. Patients can use it to book appointm...
Morgan Health - JPM Takes Aim Employee Health Take 2
May 21, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MBIn a decade we will be asked, when did healthcare change? Everyone will say around the time of the pandemic, but was that the catalyst or the accelerator? FTA "We have the best healthcare in the world in terms of doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, but we certainly do not have the best outcomes," CEO Jamie Dimon said in the statement. "There are ways we can make significant improvements and we intend to take a disciplined approach to solving some of these issues ...
How do you Tap into Really Great Talent?
May 20, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.79 MBTruly great talent isn't rare, but it isn't common either. Talent that can help transform an industry has to be able to think creatively, engage with courage and confidence, and be able to rally people with thoughts and ideas. Today I cover how one organization tapped into a talent pool for their health system with a seemingly new model. FTA Last month, the senior executives at Naperville, Illinois-based Edward-Elmhurst Health, a three-hospital, 736-bed system in the western suburbs of C...
Culture is the Governor on Digital Transformation in Healthcare
May 19, 2021 08:00 - 11 minutes - 8.04 MBThere is a limiter on most digital transformation projects and it is culture. FTA Denmark has seen a dramatic increase in survival from heart attacks after it began recruiting volunteers and arming some of them with smartphone technology that alerts them to nearby cardiac emergencies and helps them locate automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. The volunteers are then asked to enter residences and perform CPR until an ambulance arrives. In Denmark, the survival rate for out-of-hospita...
Another Opinion on HLTH/HIMSS Vaccination Requirement
May 18, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.64 MBJust curious. Are we going to house vaccinated and unvaccinated people in different buildings when we come back to work? Are we going to tell the unvaccinated that they have to stay virtual until they get vaccinated? FTA Today, we got big announcements from both HIMSS and HLTH about their health and safety plans (for their upcoming conferences) The big news from each conference organizer was they would both be mandating proof of COVID vaccination to be able to attend the event live. Of cour...
The Cyber War Rages on as Scripps Enters Week 2
May 17, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.42 MBWhich is scarier to you, Scripps shutdown hits two-week mark, Finnish mental health patients being ransomed with their private conversations that were hacked, or the fact a a major US pipeline could only be turned back on after paying the ransom? Scripps FTA Two independent individuals privy to the current situation inside Scripps said that a decision was made Friday to once again divert stroke, trauma and heart attack cases from Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla due to concerns over a rece...