'The Business of Healthcare' Category

HIPAA Simplified: It’s not *that* bad

Posted by Josh Padnick
August 26th, 2006 · Posted in HIPAA, The Business of Healthcare · 1 Comment

Earlier this week I met with a professional HIPAA consultant. The purpose of the meeting was to review our products & services and make sure that everything we’re doing (and want to do) is HIPAA-compliant.
My job requires that I have at least a basic understanding of the different requirements of being “HIPAA-compliant” but this […]

How Useful are “Industry Reports”?

Posted by Josh Padnick
August 16th, 2006 · Posted in Miscellaneous, The Business of Healthcare · 1 Comment

I just finished speaking with a researcher doing a report on the market for the different services we sell, and it instantly became clear to me how problematic these reports are.
When I worked for GE Healthcare (at the time called “GE Medical”) the marketing department would have a fun time disparaging the expensive and ultimately […]