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Half of prescribed medications are never taken, and 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. Despite spending 20% of our GDP on healthcare—twice that of any other developed nation—our outcomes still lag behind.

In this episode, we explore why technologists must step into the healthcare ring. Solving medicine isn’t enough; we need to make healthcare a consumer-focused industry. a16z’s Vijay Pandey and Daisy Wolf discuss the rise of tech founders in healthcare, the potential of AI to transform patient care, and how this shift could lead to the next trillion-dollar company.

Can tech truly disrupt this complex, regulated industry?

Resources: 

Read the article ‘It’s Time to Build in Healthcare’: https://a16z.com/hey-tech-its-time-to-build-in-healthcare/

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 My guest authored the book Patient Empowerment 101 – More than a book, it is an adventure!

The following testimonial says it all:

Patient Empowerment 101 is beyond amazing, and I am speechless. The work that this project took is immeasurable. This book is certainly a beacon of light for all people in the world. What an accomplishment. The information provided in this book is timeless and universally helpful.

-Marc Okun, MD – Cardiologist.

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In this Fight Back Library Release, we talk about bringing healthcare into the digital age. Digital health is applying digital technologies to healthcare to improve wellness programs and make medicine more accessible, personalized, and precise. It aims to improve the quality of care and lower costs.

We welcome our special guest, Gary Cohen, Vice President of Government Affairs at Blue Shield of California.

Gary joins us to discuss what bringing healthcare into the digital age means. How are your healthcare records kept safe, secure, and yet accessible to your healthcare providers? How can the new technologies that help you monitor your health at home be integrated into your health records? Why are you still filling out a form with pen and paper when you visit a new doctor or specialist, or in the worst case, the emergency room? We dive into these questions and more.

In this Fight Back minicast, we talk with Gary Cohen, Vice President of Government Affairs at Blue Shield of California, about bringing healthcare into the digital age. We discuss what needs to happen to make electronic records work, hurdles to overcome regarding privacy concerns, and what consumers can do during the “digital transition.”

Shafique Shamji is The Ottawa Hospital’s executive vice president and chief information officer. Nyranne Martin is the hospital’s general counsel and chief privacy officer. 

• Fostering a privacy and security culture at The Ottawa Hospital [3:31]
• Ensuring privacy and security are integrated as part of the hospital’s overall enterprise risk management framework [6:58]
• Moving beyond random audits to detect unauthorized access to patient information [9:24]
• Maintaining strong linkages between privacy and information technology teams [12:40]
• Ensuring strong technical controls are not a barrier to providing care [14:04]
• Setting the right tone at the senior leadership level [15:20]
• Lessons learned during the pandemic [16:38]
• Moving from paper-based to electronic systems [18:30]
• Rolling out one of the largest information technology projects in the hospital’s history [20:04]
• Ensuring privacy by design in new hospital systems [23:13]
• Bringing in a third party to assess risk [24:53]
• Things that keep a chief information officer up at night [29:18]
• Ways to advance trust in digital health in Ontario [31:56]
• Modernizing legislation to respond to advancements in technology [33:55]

Resources:

• Putting patient trust at the centre of virtual health (Info Matters episode with
  Dr. Duncan Rozario)
• Trust in digital health: IPC strategic priorities 2021-2025 (IPC strategic plan)
• Digital health under PHIPA: Selected overview (IPC guide)
• Communicating personal health information by email (IPC fact sheet)
• Reporting health privacy breaches to the IPC (IPC webinar)
• As in life, the only constant in health care is change (Commissioner’s blog)
• Privacy at The Ottawa Hospital (resource for patients)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

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The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this podcast are for general information only. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the IPC does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presents the case of a medical center employee in Seattle, Washington who stole medical information of 39 patients to rent an apartment and buy two cars.

The second segment of the episode contains tips on cybersecurity best practices for kids, as the pandemic has caused a drastic increase in screen time across all age groups.

Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com. You can also get in touch on LinkedIn, Twitter, the Clubhouse app (@bid), and the Wisdom app (@bidemi).

Did you know that patient health records are more valuable on the dark web than credit card information? SecureChat host Cory Pomeroy is once again joined by RKON Account Executive, Derek Myronuk, to discuss the importance of IT & security in the healthcare industry, and the consequences that can come with not being HIPAA compliant. 

The behind-the-scenes, administrative business of health care is an enormously complex -- and enormously expensive -- part of our health care system. Why do these processes form such a large portion of the cost of our system? How can we make this part of the system simpler, more cost-effective, and frictionless for providers, health plans, and the everyday public?

In this episode Optum explains how data is gathered, how it’s used to offer insight and how it fits into health care work flows to drive change in a consumer’s health outcome.

Additionally, Optum illustrates how they creates a complete picture of health using SDoH criteria when employing data analytic solutions. 

Managing health extends beyond hospital doors. In an age where technology innovations are king, providers and patients are all asking the same question, "Why is this so hard!?". Until it's Fixed tackles the current problems, tough questions and highlights how health care technology is reshaping the health care system.

An interview with Dr. Anje Van Berckelaer of Battenkill Valley Health Center about Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Find show notes and links to all the episodes at plainerenglish.org 

Background music is by FesliyanStudios.com

This is the 14th episode of 16 Minutes, our weekly-ish news show where we quickly cover the top headlines of the week, the a16z Podcast way: what’s real, what’s hype from our vantage point in tech. This week, we cover the following news -- with a16z experts general partner Julie Yoo and market dev partner Venkat Mocherla from the bio team, and former CSO/ a16z security operating partner Joel de la Garza -- in conversation with Sonal Chokshi:

1. UPS drones deliver prescriptions -- For the first time ever, drones delivered prescription medication directly to residential homes and retirement homes in North Carolina this month; but why don't we already get drugs by delivery? And what's the significance of pharma as a node in the healthcare system?
2. Apple opens health records to vets -- Apple and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced recently that veterans can now access their health information on their iPhones; why is (or isn't) this significant, and wherefore the promise of EHRs (electronic health records)?!
3. hackers can use lasers to command voice devices -- Security researchers were able to send laser-powered “light commands” to smart assistants (including products like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Facebook’s Portal, and Google Assistant) to take full control over them at specific distances; how worried should we be, and how does this affect the future of a voice-enabled world?

Relevant/ related links:

• on healthcare delivery and the pharma industry:
  • software eats care delivery by Julie Yoo
  • science, business, and innovation in pharma with Vas Narasimhan, Jorge Conde, Vijay Pande, and Sonal Chokshi
• on hacks of all kinds:
  • https://a16z.com/tag/hacked/