How Will the General Data Protection Regulation Affect Healthcare?

How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Liability Insurance Costs?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will greatly expand private coverage and Medicaid while making major changes to payment rates and the health care delivery system. These changes will affect traditional health insurers, individuals, and government payers. In addition, a considerable amount of health care is paid for directly by or is indirectly paid for via legal settlements ...

How Will Wind Energy Affect Air Pollution?

Wind turbines generate electricity without directly emitting air pollutants that are known to affect the climate and human health. Wind turbines, however, do not operate in a vacuum. They are integrated into the larger electrical grid that includes coal and nuclear plants, natural gas turbines, hydroelectric dams, solar panels and other technologies. The interactions between these electricity s...

A Process for Data Protection Impact Assessment Under the European General Data Protection Regulation

With the General Data Protection Regulation there will be a legal obligation for controllers to conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment for the first time. This paper examines the new provisions in detail and examines ways for their successful implementation. It proposes a process which operationalizes established requirements ensuring the appropriate attention to fundamental rights as warr...

How recent legislation will affect the future of CRNA professionalism.

How the ASNC ImageGuide Registry will guide healthcare policy.

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) is the leader in education, advocacy, and quality for the field of nuclear cardiology. ASNC is the voice of more than 4,600 physicians, technologists, and scientists worldwide who are dedicated to the science and practice of nuclear cardiology. Since 1993, ASNC has been establishing the standard for excellence in cardiovascular imaging through t...