Tag Archives: Leaders

“It Needs to Become Smarter”: Leaders Share Their Interoperability Vision (and Concerns)

Stanley Huff, MD, CMIO, Intermountain Healthcare It is possible for an event to propel an industry forward, helping it to achieve adoption rates thought to be impossible, while also showing just how far behind it is? Yes, when the event is the Covid-19 pandemic, and the industry is healthcare IT. Like many organizations, Intermountain Healthcare… Read More »

Research is ‘ongoing and growing’: Chiropractic leaders defend manipulating newborn spines

While acknowledging that supporting research remains slim, the Canadian Chiropractic Association is defending the practice of manipulating babies’ spines. The organization representing the nation’s 9,000 chiropractors says parents can be reassured that its members modify their techniques and the “application of force” when adjusting fragile newborns and infants. “While the evidence for pediatric conditions is… Read More »

Black Leaders Denounce Juul’s $7.5 Million Gift to Medical School

Earlier this month, Meharry Medical College, a 143-year-old historically black institution in Tennessee, proudly announced that it had received the second-largest grant in its history — $ 7.5 million to start a center to study public health issues that affect African-Americans. But the gift has prompted a vehement backlash from African-American health experts and activists… Read More »