Posts by mmcnutt@wedi.org
Episode 163: Being Curious About Artificial Intelligence with Google’s Shweta Maniar
Michael welcomes back Shweta Maniar, Global Director, Life Sciences Solutions and Strategy for Google Cloud. The two discuss the continued emergence of artificial intelligence in health care, the need for standards or a framework in health care regarding AI, and how people new to AI can brush off misconceptions and dive in feet first and learn how they can access and leverage this growing technology.
Read MoreEpisode 162: Workgroup Voices, The Inner Workings of Prior Authorization
Michael welcomes 3 of the 4 co-chairs of WEDI’s Prior Authorization Subworkgroup:
Heather McComas, Director, Administrative Simplification Initiatives, American Medical Association
David Delano, Senior Director of Services, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
Raj Godavarthi, Associate VP of Technology and Interoperability, MCG Health
The 3 discuss the changes in the workgroup and the industry since the January 2024 release of the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization rule, the exciting role of artificial intelligence in PA, and how their unique stakeholder roles offer a full, detailed dialogue during their monthly meetings.
Tons of Prior Authorization-related education coming to you courtesy of WEDI. Visit wedi.org and click CALENDAR for more information
Read MoreEp 160: Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips for Health Care. A Chat with WEDI’s Privacy and Security Workgroup Co-Chairs
The threat from cyberattacks is growing exponentially and health care organizations are particularly vulnerable. Michael chats with WEDI’s Privacy and Security Workgroup Co-Chairs, Lesley Berkeyheiser of DirectTrust and Thanh-Thien Nguyen of Kaiser Permanente on suggested actions that health care organizations big and small can adopt, customize, and implement as they seek to establish good cyber hygiene.
The top 10 list will be available soon on wedi.org
Episode 158. Slow and Steady, How Health Care is Progressing Toward Value Based Care. Lynn Carroll, HSBlox
Guest host Michael Pattwell, WEDI Board Members, Co-Chair of its Payment Models Workgroup, and Principal Business Advisor with Edifecs, chats all things value based care with Lynn Carroll, Chief Operating Officer of HSBlox.
Read MoreEpisode 157: Embracing and Understanding Data & its Challenges in the Digital Health Age
Michael chats with RJ Kedziora, Co-Founder of software company Estenda about the evolution of digital health and digital therapeutics. The two discuss the advances in emerging tech, privacy and security challenges, the role of regulations and the hopes that digital health can break down those data silos that still plague us.
Read MoreEpisode 156: Streamlining Healthcare: The Essentials of Administrative Simplification: A Conversation with CMS National Standards Group Director Michael Cimmino
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Standards Group, within the Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics, focuses on reducing administrative burden and advancing interoperability and national standards. CMS engages beneficiaries and the health care community to understand their experiences, inform solutions, and infuse a customer-focused mindset throughout the agency.
Read MoreEpisode 155: Safeguarding Healthcare-WEDI Insights on Cybersecurity and Continuity
In April 2024, WEDI held a member position advisory (MPA) event on the critical topic of maintaining business continuity within healthcare organizations in the wake of cyber-attacks. The event, entitled, From Crisis to Continuity: Maintaining Health Care Data Exchange Following a Cyber Attack, offered best practices, suggestions, and key steps that stakeholders from HHS and the private sector can consider when exchanging data, processing information, and maintaining lines of communication. From WEDI’s recently concluded Spring conference, a debrief of the MPA event presented by WEDI’s privacy & security workgroup co-chairs, Lesley Berkeyheiser with DirectTrust and Thanh Thien Nguyen from Kaiser Permanente.
Read MoreEpisode 154: Hybrid Horizons: Balancing Security and Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace. Denis O’Shea Mobile Mentor
Michael chats with returning guest Denis O’Shea, Founder and Chairman of Mobile Mentor, about their 2024 Endpoint Ecosystem Study, which explored the intricate dynamics of hybrid work in high-risk and highly regulated industries. Conducted across the United States, Great Britain, and Australia, the study involved 2,400 knowledge workers in healthcare, finance, government, and education to understand employee attitudes and their actions related to company security and their experience, and their productivity as remote workers.
Read MoreEp 153: Health Equity Data Efforts from a Federal Perspective (Part 2)
A continuation from last week’s episode on health equity data efforts from the federal perspective.
Read MoreEpisode 151: Beyond the Beat: AI’s Impact on Heart Failure Diagnosis. Peerbridge’s Chris Darland
Michael chats with Chris Darland, President and CEO of Peerbridge Health about how artificial intelligence is helping diagnose heart failure quicker and more efficiently than traditional methods, which could assist all patients, but especially those in rural communities.
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