Medical Devices: Sitting Ducks for Dangerous Hackers

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Medical Devices: Sitting Ducks for Dangerous Hackers

In the fall of 2013, the Mayo Clinic hired a team of professional computer investigators from some of the biggest cybersecurity firms in the country. Billy Rios was one of the “white hat” hackers, meaning he's hired to break into company computers to identify vulnerabilities. Researchers split into teams and hospital officials at Mayo told them to do their worse with 40 different medical devices. Every day, every device was hacked and Rios knew it was worse than they had ever imagined. The Mayo Clinic went on to develop a set of security requirements for its medical device suppliers. 

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Should Mobile Medical Apps Have Package Inserts?

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Should Mobile Medical Apps Have Package Inserts?

The US Food and Drug Administration requires that drugs and devices have package inserts and the regulations concerning inserts changes or are modified on a periodic basis. The purpose of the package insert (also known as prescription drug product insert or professional labeling) is to provide detailed drug information compiled and distributed by the drug manufacturer, after FDA review and approval. 

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The State of The Physician Entrepreneurial Economy: Who Knows?

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The State of The Physician Entrepreneurial Economy: Who Knows?

I his 1984 article, Peter Drucker outlined the structural transformation from an industrial economy to an entrepreneurial economy and articulated the drivers:

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What is Patient Engagement Anyway?

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What is Patient Engagement Anyway?

Everyone wants to engage patients in the hope they can improve outcomes and drive down costs. Unfortunately, many unvalidated assumptions and barriers are getting in the way and there is a cacophony of conversations going on between people talking at each other. One of the issues is that we don't all agree on the definition of "patient engagement."

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10 Opportunities for Patient Experience Intrapreneurs

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10 Opportunities for Patient Experience Intrapreneurs

One of the IHI triple aims is to improve the patient experience (quality and satisfaction) of care. Physician intrapreneurs, i.e. employed physicians acting like entrepreneurs within their organizations , are working hand in glove with other colleagues throughout their systems to meet the goal. Not surprisingly, some have achieved success and some have not.

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