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Bracing for change in the new year

In 2025, a new federal administration will take up residence in Washington, DC. The Trump administration will start with a like-minded House and Senate, both with Republican majorities. For the rest of the country, there is a litany of puzzling questions. Answers could bring either transformational change in mental healthcare or perhaps something closer to […]

Personal Data: How we use it and why

Like many of you, I’ve been watching an unsettling trend. Cases of inappropriate use of personal data by practice management and EHR companies have become all too common. This “everyone-else-is-doing-it-so-why-not-me” vibe smacks of a poorly parented child behaving badly. But upon closer examination, you can see what is really driving much of the bad fad. […]

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A crisis remains: Finding hope in a post-pandemic world

While the debate rages as to whether COVID-19 still rates as a pandemic (nearly 2 million people in the United States are still getting infected daily), one thing is certain: the disease’s dubious legacy lives on among an entire generation of kids. Isolating at home for as many as two and a half years, school-aged […]

Unpacking the 21st Century Cures Act

The 21st Century Cures Act packs a wallop. The landmark federal legislation, first enacted in 2016, touches seemingly every corner of healthcare. Indeed, some 1,400 lobbyists representing more than 400 organizations worked at both houses of Congress during the Act’s formative days. The wide-ranging and bipartisan bill has three primary goals: Standardize technology to foster […]