On this episode of HI Pitch, Lauren Riplinger, vice president of policy and government affairs at AHIMA, along with Dr. Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH, professor of community medicine at UCSF, and Dr. Matt Pantell, MD, MS, assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF, discuss the importance of social determinants of health and their impact on enriched clinical decision making and overall outcomes within the public health sector.

On this episode of HI Pitch, Lauren Riplinger, vice president of policy and government affairs at AHIMA, offers an in-depth look at the G20 Health & Development Partnership (G20HDP), an influential policy organization AHIMA recently joined. Lauren also provides historical background on the G20 itself and how it aims to improve healthcare around the world.

Joel Shapiro, CNBC and Forbes contributor, will lead the next Mark Dietz Leadership session on April 28, 11a - 1p, CST. On this episode of HI Pitch, Liz Livingston Howard, Executive Director of Kellogg's Center for Nonprofit Management and a Clinical Professor of Management at Northwestern University, provides an exclusive teaser for what attendees can expect in the session, Data-Driven Decision Making.

On this episode of HI Pitch, Lauren Riplinger, vice president of policy and government affairs at AHIMA, and Susan Clark, AHIMA’s chair of the advocacy and policy council, discuss this year’s virtual Advocacy Summit, where AHIMA members will advocate directly to lawmakers for federal legislative issues important to patients and the health information profession.

On this episode of HI Pitch, Elise Sweeney Anthony, executive director of policy at ONC, speaks to the intention behind and impact of information blocking regulations, and discusses upcoming FAQs developed for those affected by information blocking. She also provides a preview of ONC’s priorities under the new administration.

On this episode of HI Pitch, Gerry Blass, president and CEO at ComplyAssistant, and Helen Oscislawski, attorney at Oscislawski LLC, discuss the different types of third-party requests for access to eHI under the information blocking rules—and how to respond to them.

Seth Katz, vice president of HIM and Revenue Cycle at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, talks to HI Pitch about how information blocking will succeed where previous programs have come up short, in addition to the implications of patients controlling their own data. He also discusses how health systems can better manage risks in an information blocking environment, as well the future of healthcare as a whole.

Scott Galbari, chief technology officer at Lyniate, talks to HI Pitch about how actors should navigate the potential security risks and vulnerabilities that can accompany complying with the information blocking rules. He also shares some advice for actors looking to partner with a vendor to improve compliance.

Laurie Peters, RHIA, CCS, CHPS, the HIE client director at Orion Health, sits down with HI Pitch to discuss the myriad ways that the upcoming information blocking rules will help improve data exchange in health information exchanges (HIEs) and health information networks.

Roberta Baranda, the director of HIM for Valley Children’s Healthcare, joins the podcast to discuss her organization’s efforts to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act’s information blocking provisions.