Tag Archives: medical banking

Overcoming “eBabel” with Digital ID

I’m here at a USAID-sponsored event in Tanzania as part of a new fellowship program with the World Bank. The week-long conference brings together “country teams” from the continent to discuss the status of mobile health projects.

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HIPAA/HITECH and Banks

Today’s healthcare providers must continue to diligently require business associate contracts from the banking/financial institution partners when there is access, use or disclosure of personal health information (PHI). This can happen in the cash management/lockbox setting, EDI department and other … Continue reading

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Carving Out A Viable Health-Wealth Portal Vision

In 2012, a panel of six editors at American Banker magazine scoped the marketplace to find credible ideas that banks could engage. The panel selected 12 ideas to create a top 12 findings report. The first idea on the list – the … Continue reading

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