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Beyond Change Healthcare

The continued onslaught of cybersecurity attacks which if anything are only getting worse have impacted the healthcare system in dramatic fashion with the payment network brought down by the attack on Change Healthcare. Healthcare under Cyber Attack I keep hoping that we all get better at combatting these attempts to breach our data and that overall vigilance rises as we become more wary of…

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Headsets, Hackers and Health Tech Busts

This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of March 2024 News You Can Use with your Hosts Dr Craig Joseph and Dr Nick van Terheyden The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting…

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Just Do It (Using AI)

The Last Spin I am going to date myself a little here as I reminisce about my old music collection accumulated over many years. In this case, we are talking Vinyl records (link included for those who are wondering what I am talking about!). I can remember buying my first album and playing it repeatedly – I only had one album! But over time I managed to add to the collection by buying individual…

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#AI #AI in Healthcare #AIHealthcare #AIinHealthcare #AIinMedicine #DecisionMaking #DigitalMusicEvolution #health care #Healthcare #healthcaretech #HumanTouch #JustDoItWithAI #Machine Learning #machine learning algorithms #machinelearning #MusicCollection #RadiologyAutomation #TraxOnWax #VinylMemories

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drnic1 · 2 months

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LinkedIn Hacker Mayhem

Automated Security Challenges – Photo Credit Gizmodo Should You Panic or Stay Calm? It could just be me but I doubt it. I’ve certainly had my share of attempts to attack my accounts including the SIM Jacking I documented (3 Minutes to Financial Ruin). But since the vast majority of these attacks are automated with the perpetrators using tools that essentially automate the tasks of attacking…

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#2FA #account protection #Cybersecurity #data breach #Hacking #Healthcare Security #LinkedIn #login alerts #Password Managers #password security #Passwords #phishing #secure #Security #social media security #two-factor authentication

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drnic1 · 2 months

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Scrubs and Stadiums

This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of February 2024 News You Can Use with your Hosts Dr Craig Joseph and Dr Nick van Terheyden The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting…

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drnic1 · 3 months

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NHS Drama - Physician Extenders Take the Stage

Healthcare Realities: Beyond the Headlines This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of January 2024 2023 News You Can Use with your Hosts Dr Craig Joseph and Dr Nick van Terheyden The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD…

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drnic1 · 3 months

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Sweet Dreams in a Clickbait World

Sweet Dreams Snooze or Lose The latest pick-up in the press with a clickable link from Axios is How to get more sleep (Americans need it), which frustratingly fails to include a proper reference to the actual source paper or data. The notation “Data: Apple Heart and Movement Study” suggests the data came from this study group out of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital with a web page here. But…

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drnic1 · 4 months

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Chasing the Silver Bullet

New Obesity Medications Offer Hope But Not a Panacea This week I am talking to Carolyn Jasik, MD, (@DrJasik) CMO for Omada Health, a virtual-first chronic care provider helping members make lasting changes to improve health and reduce care costs for organizations Excitement is growing around new GLP-1 receptor agonist medications for treating obesity, with promising weight loss results. However,…

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drnic1 · 4 months

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Burnout, Balancing Acts, and Breast Cancer Disparities

This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of December 2023 News You Can Use with your Hosts Dr Craig Joseph and Dr Nick van Terheyden The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic…

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drnic1 · 4 months

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The Healthcare Landscape: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead in 2024

Each and every year there’s a rush for predictions for the coming year and 2024 is no different The Year of AI and Skynet Becoming Active The year Skynet/Mednet became active – not really but that was the fear with everyone calling it the Year of AI. For the rest of us, it was not so much the year of AI but rather the year that everyone else became aware of AI. Before we get into the…

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drnic1 · 5 months

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Diversity and Tailored Care

This week I am talking to Avantika Waring, MD, Chief Medical Officer at 9amHealth who focuses on hands-on, everyday help with diabetes, weight loss, and heart health. Avantika shares her career journey into health tech and the virtual diabetes care program at 9 am Health. She explained how they provide comprehensive wraparound care including physicians, nutritionists, health coaches, and more to…

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drnic1 · 5 months

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New Hope for Alzheimer's Treatment

This week I am talking to Michael Racke, MD Medical Director of Neurology at Quest Diagnostics. Michael is a board-certified neurologist and formerly editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neuroimmunology, an expert in dementia and brain disorders who has authored/co-authored 200 peer-reviewed studies, book chapters, and reviews on neuroimmunologic diseases, including dementia. Michael discusses…

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drnic1 · 5 months

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Empowering Workplace Wellbeing

Lessons from a Chief Wellness Officer This week I am talking to Richard Safeer MD, Chief Medical Director Employee Health & Well-Being at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Richard is a Family Doctor who has focused his career on building culturally sound and caring organizations. Employee health and well-being has become a top priority for organizations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the…

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drnic1 · 5 months

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OpenAI's Musical Chairs: A Symphony of Innovation and Chaos

This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of October 2023 The show gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where every diagnosis comes with a side of humor. We…

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drnic1 · 6 months

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Images, Insights, and Innovations

This week I am talking to Hal Baker, MD Senior Vice President & Chief Digital & Chief Information Officer at WellSpan Health that continues to be named one of the nation’s “Digital Health Most Wired” health systems by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), underscoring WellSpan’s efforts to lean into innovative technological advances to improve both patient care and…

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drnic1 · 6 months

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When Medical Thrillers Mirror Healthcare Injustices

One of Michael Crichton’s early successes was the movie “Coma” which came out in 1978. A movie based on the book of the same name by Robin Cook, MD. The book was his first break-out hit featuring corporate malfeasance and greed taken to extremes in a hospital to create a ready supply of donor organs. Michael Douglas starred in the movie. Coma – the Medical Thriller Robin Cook went on to write 40…

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#AlgorithmicMisbehavior #BookReview #CapitalismInHealthcare #HealthcareInnovation #HealthcareReality #HealthcareSystem #healthcaretech #IncrementalHealthcare #MedicalEthics #MedicalThrillers #PatientCare #ProfitVsPatients #RobinCook #SystemicChange #UnitedHealth #ViralNovel

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drnic1 · 6 months

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Paving the Way for Pocket-Sized Diagnosis

This week I am talking to John Martin, MD, Chief Medical Officer, at Butterfly Network, Inc.(@ButterflyNetInc). John shares his personal interactions with the world of medicine both as a vascular surgeon but also as a patient. The Magic Wand of Medicine We dive into the world of healthcare innovation and technology, focusing on ultrasound imaging and its potential to revolutionize medical…

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