by Nanette Mattox | Oct 10, 2016
Blockchains, a new mechanism for trust in the e-world, are a mathematical concept invented in 2008 that have broad applicability to any market that networks billions of people and demands high security—including healthcare. More than $1 billion of private investment...
by Nanette Mattox | Oct 10, 2016
HIPAA requires Covered Entities and Business Associates to provide “security reminders” to workforce members. The idea with these reminders is to increase security awareness — that is, to safeguard protected health information (PHI) by keeping information security...
by Nanette Mattox | Oct 10, 2016
Unlike many members of Society for Participatory Medicine (S4PM) who have championed collaborative technology to improve patient outcomes and treatment for years, I am a relatively new proponent. Indeed, my experience in healthcare security, privacy and compliance...
by Nanette Mattox | Sep 10, 2016
When I began my medical training almost a half century ago, medical culture, and the educational system that maintained it, were based on the concept that the physician was the expert who knows best, and that a “good” patient was a compliant patient. Perhaps because I...
by Nanette Mattox | Sep 10, 2016
I just met my new class. I am teaching the New Media and Health Communication at The College of New Jersey. I am excited for the possibilities ahead and I keep remembering my students in the spring semester. I loved their enthusiasm, the jokes, the hard work they put...
by Nanette Mattox | Sep 10, 2016
As a longtime health care professional, it is hard to imagine a more exciting time in health care. The innovation and pace of change is breathtaking. Before our eyes, our health care system is being deconstructed. As it is reconstructed, aided by technology, the focus...
by Nanette Mattox | Sep 10, 2016
Cynthia Chmielewski It was a sunny July day eight years ago generic tadalafil. The first thing my hematologist asked me should have tipped me off: “Did you come alone?” The next four words he said will forever be etched into my memory: “You have multiple myeloma.”...
by Nanette Mattox | Sep 10, 2016
I admit that this headline is fiction, not fact. However, I strongly believe that health literacy must be part of the K-12 curriculum in all schools, in the US and globally. Here’s why I hold that belief, and an outline for how we can make it happen. The current...
by Nancy Finn | Sep 6, 2016
Participants: Nick Dawson, Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, Danny Sands, Sarah Krug, Joe Ternullo, Peggy Zuckerman Minutes Approved Research Library Danny Sands Weill Cornell Medical School and the Society for Participatory Medicine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
by Nancy Finn | Aug 3, 2016
Participants: Kyra Bobinet, Donna Cryer, Nick Dawson, Dave DeBronkart, Nancy Finn, John Grohol, John Hoben, Sarah Krug, Danny Sands, Peggy Zuckerman Progress to Date: Assessing Board performance, general discussion: Danny Sands Consensus that there is a high level...
