FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. On October 10th, based on ability to pay, the U.S. 11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Zarzamora Press Release.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Playbook is a guide for healthcare delivery organizations to respond to cybersecurity incidents that threaten device function and, potentially, patient safety. In mid-November, FDA collaborated with the MITRE Corporation to publish an update to the Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook.

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The zero-sum medical day In many healthcare systems the Epic feature is turned on and health professionals are expected to respond. Maybe it’s our faulty healthcare model? A few ideas: Stronger technology governance of MyChart messages We want to call the MyChart mushroom an Epic problem. Absolutely. How do we fix this?

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

So I think we’re poised now with the guide model and with the evidence we have about healthcare utilization, impact on caregivers, course of dementia, comorbidity management and all of that. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. But I don’t.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Nguyen shared the multiple benefits of an AI ambient listening tool — recently rolled out nationally to more than 25,000 Permanente physicians — that transcribes office visits (with patient consent) that can be edited and added to electronic health records. I know for a fact that the government or legislators looked to us in Permanente.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

There have been multiple subsequent government reports on nursing home care, most recently was about eight, nine years ago from the OIG. Part of it’s what Mike was saying, it’s accountability as a country, as a nation and as the government. This is a problem that’s existed for decades. What are they accountable for?

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