Nitin Desai, MD

President and chief medical officer

Nitin Desai is the president and chief medical officer of Health Wizz, a secure mobile platform that provides consumers with the necessary tools for aggregating, organizing and sharing medical health records over the blockchain.

Blockchain

Why blockchain will pay dividends in clinical research

The emerging technology can enable patients’ scattered medical information to be accessible to organizations that are investigating new treatments.

By Nitin Desai, MD

March 28

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Data breaches

EHR audit at Nebraska Medicine reveals a data breach

An audit of the electronic health records system at Nebraska Medicine in October enabled the organization to discover a data breach earlier than it would otherwise.

By Joseph Goedert

2h ago
HIT

Halamka looks to scale digital health globally for Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic has an opportunity to “define a digital health platform for the planet,” contends John Halamka, MD, who will spearhead efforts to scale the provider’s capabilities worldwide.

By Greg Slabodkin

December 4
Artificial intelligence

AI models offer potential low-risk alternative to liver biopsy

Using machine learning, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed a less-invasive alternative to liver biopsy—considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

By Greg Slabodkin

December 4