Joe takes the lead role in generating news for Health Data Management's award-winning website. He also coordinates the magazine’s news coverage. Before joining the magazine in 1998, he was editor of a sister publication, Health Data Network News, which was replaced by the magazine's website.
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will investigate the security posture of health insurer Anthem following its huge hacking breach.
February 10 -
Commentary: The FBI is still investigating the potential causes of the data breach at Anthem, the nations second-largest health insurer. There is still no clear indication who perpetrated the attack, reported Feb. 5, how they did so, or what couldve been done to stop it, but informed sources point to a number of strong possibilities on all counts.
February 6 -
Proposed legislation the White House is sending to Congress to fight cyber attacks includes more protections for consumers than new requirements on companies to better protect the data that they hold.
January 15 -
Walgreens and WebMD have announced a new partnership that will create a virtual wellness-coaching program on Walgreens.com.
January 8 -
Apple's new watch shows promise to improve medication adherence by tracking when medications should be taken and sending a reminder to an individual who is wearing the watch.
September 10 -
Millennials are 10% more likely to lack health coverage than adults age 30 and over despite paying lower costs, receiving subsidies based on income and possibly staying on their parent's health insurance policy until age 26.
August 26 -
Search engine giant Google will soon introduce Google Fit, a new mobile platform service to collect, aggregate and analyze data from wearable health fitness tracking products and health care apps. Google's service will enter a competitive market that got larger on June 16 when WebMD launched a program to make biometric data understandable and actionable on iPhones.
June 16