New Continua Design Guidelines Enable Integration of Patient Generated Data into Electronic Health Records to Support Chronic Disease Management Built on HL7 FHIR Specifications

ARLINGTON, VA, December 13, 2017 — The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) today released the latest version of the Continua Design Guidelines (CDGs) to enable the secure, private, reliable and accurate sharing of patient generated health data (PGHD) with healthcare providers, built-on HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) specifications. The Design Guidelines now support the integration of personal health …

Cyber Security of the United States and the Comprehensive National Cyber security Initiative

Cyber security is a critical part of our national security plan in the 21st century. Critical infrastructure relies on our cyber capabilities now more than it ever has. Assets that depend on information systems include transportation, financial systems, healthcare, energy, communication, manufacturing, and several other areas. The threats brought on by breaches, malware, ransomware, social …

Risk & Responsibility: Is Your Corporate Board Prepared?

Those of you who know me or have been students of mine know that I constantly rant about the supreme importance of knowing and understanding the client’s business, in order to intelligently comprehend and appreciate the risks the business faces. Well, the same goes for the board of directors. Obtaining an understanding of the company’s …

Reverse Logistics: Who Does It Well?

It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Tempting, but wrong. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear. Almost everything can change. Products come back in dribs and drabs, not in nearly packaged batches. They don’t come back to predefined schedules. They don’t even come back in the same …

The Disturbing Cyber Threat Targeting Medical Devices

Hackers have found another way to extort the medical community and their patients. There’s a disturbing trend of cyber-thieves targeting medical devices in doctors’ offices and hospitals. The very medical devices that provide life saving treatment are now being targeted by hackers – for profit. Just recently, researchers discovered a new version of MEDJACK, which is …

Consumers Are The Future Of Healthcare

Late last month, the annual Internet Trends report was released by Mary Meeker of KPCB. For many, including myself, it is considered essential reading. This meticulously prepared deck is a trove of valuable data for anyone participating in the digital economy—which, in 2018, is virtually everyone. It does a phenomenal job of distilling rapidly evolving consumer behaviors …

How To Survive In The Smart Machine Age

New Skills are Required to Remain Marketable Artificial Intelligence, virtual reality, robotics, biomedical engineering, nanotechnology and many other advances are happening rapidly.  Are you preparing or are you simply putting your head in the sand and hoping it doesn’t affect you? The reality is that it will affect most of us in the near future. …

Essential Considerations for CTMS Integrations and Data Migrations

Clinical research sites that are in the process of investigating clinical trial management system (CTMS) adoption are finding that the site CTMS space is in flux with mergers, discontinued products, and new start-ups looking to drive innovation. It can be challenging to focus on what’s important to each individual site as they evaluate the available …

Variti partners with Kx to support users seeking bot protection worldwide.

Variti – a global provider of user-focused bot management solutions and Kx, the world’s fastest streaming analytics platform, have partnered to provide an enhanced offering to users seeking bot protection worldwide. Kx will underpin Variti’s platform, enabling the identification and mitigation of even the most sophisticated automated cyber threats in real time, without compromising user …