I went to my first HIMSS conference in 1996. At that time, every doctor with a garage and a good idea had built an EHR and was exhibiting at HIMSS. You walked the floor, and it was huge then, but small compared to today’s health IT conference. Some of my Informatica colleagues had already been... more
I spend much of my time meeting with healthcare executives and discussing how they can transform their organizations using data. Perhaps unsurprisingly, these discussions often start with a focus on the discrete data captured in electronic health records or the codified content of claims and other transaction applications for payers. However, focusing on just the... more
Informatica has achieved compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) for the current suite of iPaaS products. HIPAA addresses the use and disclosure of individuals’ health information — called protected health information (PHI) — by organizations subject to the Privacy Rule — called covered entities — as well as standards for the rights... more
With fifteen years of experience working with healthcare data, Alex Zimmerman, director of data management and business intelligence at Christus Health, was welcomed as a bit of a rock star at the recently concluded Informatica World 2016. Business and technology leaders from across industries had assembled specifically to hear him share his insights about data... more
By now most have read or at least heard of the recently released report that claims medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the US. While the statistic is certainly discouraging, unfortunately it isn’t astonishing or new. Eight years ago I read through a presentation by Tom Peters (@tom_peters) where he basically... more
When I think of healthcare, I think of many different things: getting better from a cold or flu, receiving reassurance that I have no serious ailments, or possibly getting relief from allergies. I also think about cost, as a family of four will have numerous uncovered expenses. What I don’t want to know or fear... more
The Washington Post reported this month that government officials arrested 243 medical insurance fraudsters who stole $712 million in false billings to Medicare in the largest crackdown on healthcare fraud ever. Insurance claims fraud continues to burden the pocketbooks of the average consumer in today’s healthcare industry. According to a study by CIC insurance on... more
It’s true. Cloud technology is transforming the way companies do business and is the preferred choice for enterprises large and small, from financial services to government when it comes to adopting enterprise software going forward. This is also true in today’s Healthcare industry. According to a 2014 HIMSS Analytics Cloud Survey, 83% of IT executives... more
This is the first in a series of articles where I will take an in-depth look at how state and local governments are affected by data breaches and what they should be considering as part of their compliance, risk-avoidance and remediation plans. Each state has one or more agencies that are focused on the lives,... more