I just had to explain to a payer AGAIN that we cannot deny a third party app access to the APIs if they sell patient data and that they legally can do so as long as their T&Cs are accurate....I really don't think this is sinking in for covered entities.

All the tech questions on the monthly The Sequoia Project RCE call are really positive. It means folks are ready to get the show on the road and have some folks live.

On HIStalk today: epic.com/epic/post/lead… This is great news! Now we just need TEFCA to cover more and treatment use cases.....

Congrats HIStalk on your 20 year anniversary! I don't know what I would do without my daily dose of news with a nice dose of snark.

Had my fastest doc appointment this morning in a good way. Took me in on time, doc was in a few minutes later, he quickly checked a mole & next thing I knew I was numbed up & he was slicing it off, & I was out the door. Efficient but the doc was nice & I felt taken care of.

Last night my teenage nieces referenced Chat GPT....I was honestly floored they knew what it was, and then they proceeded to tell me that kids in their school were using it to cheat. It's happened, I'm old.

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So, is it still called tweeting or is it Xing now.....

At my PCP today, had to fill out all new forms because they switched EHRs. And only SOME of my data transferred over.

Our tools completely solve interoperability.

Went to read the new Exec Order on AI and got completely distracted by what I can only imagine is a Haloween thing of a bat flying around the White House in the logo at the top of the page.....who in the world thought that was a good idea?

This week it was made public that Ryan Corbett, who I went to college with, has been held by the Taliban for a year and a half. There's an effort to push the state dept to negotiate his release. Please review the site and consider sending a letter/email. freeryancorbett.com/about-ryan?fbc…

I am this morning deeply impressed with a sense of the importance and reality of divine things, and I have prayed with more fervour than usual that God would increase in me his love, and that Christ may dwell in my heart by faith, that I may pass the day in his fear and love.

Well, for my own mental and emotional health, I'm headed over to Bluesky (I cannot take the misinformation and doom scrolling here). Fun fact, I still have the same handle @HITPolicyWonk. So feel free to follow me over there or connect on LinkedIn.