health & medicine

The Problem with Health Care Standards?

Carlos Leyva
August 18, 2009 02:27

We need open source health care standards.The Health Care Blog: Should Health Care Standards be Open Source?.This post from the THCB does an excellent job of identifying one of the problems (perhaps the core problem) with health care standards, that  is that they are closed (i.e. not free and open ...

Health Care Reform: Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way!

Carlos Leyva
August 18, 2009 01:27

In short, health care reform matters. It may be the single most important domestic political agenda item of our generation. It is simply unconscionable to remain on the sidelines and not to engage.I usually do not jump into policy wonk discussions about heathcare reform. Why? Because on the broader...

Meaningful Use: Connecting with Patients?

Carlos Leyva
July 29, 2009 15:18

Although providers have been slow to adopt email as a mode of communication with patients because of HIPAA, privacy, and other reasons, that may soon be changing. Patients will come to expect providers to be electronically enabled, including the millions...Although providers have been slow to adopt...

Twitter & Virus Tracking?

Carlos Leyva
July 09, 2009 14:12

Twitter: Growing Virally But Can It Stop Viruses?. Interesting post from Chris Thorman regarding the use of Twitter by health care professionals to track viruses. Of course, as the post highlights, there are many issues to be worked out before...Twitter: Growing Virally But Can It Stop Viruses?....

Does HIPAA Preempt State Privacy Laws?

Carlos Leyva
June 26, 2009 17:24

Minnesota Court of Appeals decision extends privacy claims to Internet - TwinCities.com. This will be an interesting case to watch. HIPAA, which does not currently allow an individual to bring a privacy suit (i.e. an individual's only recourse is to...Minnesota Court of Appeals decision extends...