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Paper Beats Digital In Many Ways, According To Neuroscience

An interesting article was published on Wednesday on Forbes.com which showed that paper based content is very much still relevant today. Despite the culture shift to digital media, the article…

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IT, EHR Go Dark at 13-Hospital System

A 20-hour computer outage affected 13 hospitals at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis this week. The outage led to manual patient management processes, without impact on patient or employee data….

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Arizona’s Gila River Leader Says Lack of Broadband is Harming Tribal, Rural Areas

Last Wednesday the governor of the Gila River Indian Community emphasized to a House panel the pressing need for improved broadband access in tribal areas, highlighting the significant opportunities it…

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Chinese Breach Data of 4 Million Federal Workers

Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the Office of Personnel Management, potentially compromising personal data of 4 million federal employees. This was the second major intrusion by China into U.S. government networks….

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Disparities in Individuals’ Access and Use of Health IT in 2013

Disparities in Individuals’ Access and Use of Health IT in 2013.

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Hackers Just Did Something VERY Scary 

Hackers Just Did Something VERY Scary.

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Letter from The Honorable Susan M. Collins, Senator from Maine, to US Food & Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg

Letter from The Honorable Susan M. Collins, Senator from Maine, to US Food & Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg.

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Joint Letter from The PPLA and American Forest & Paper Association to the US Food & Drug Administration and the Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs

Joint Letter from The PPLA and American Forest & Paper Association to the US Food & Drug Administration and the Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs.

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There’s Still Something Special About Paper 

There’s Still Something Special About Paper.

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National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

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