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Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire's Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, turns over hosting duties to William MacMillan, the Chief Product Officer at Andesite, to discuss the Cybersecurity First Principle of automation: current state and what happens now with AI as it applies to SOC Operations. For a complete reading list and even more information, check out Rick's more detailed essay on the topic. Check out Rick's 3-part election mini-series: Part 1: Election Propaganda Part 1: How Does Election Propaganda Work? In this episode, Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire's Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, discusses personal defensive measures that every citizen can take—regardless of political philosophy—to resist the influence of propaganda. This foundational episode is essential for understanding how to navigate the complex landscape of election messaging. Part 2: Election Propaganda: Part 2: Modern propaganda efforts. In preparation for the US 2024 Presidential Election, Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire's Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, discusses recent international propaganda efforts in the form of nation state interference and influence operations as well as domestic campaigns designed to split the target country into opposing camps. Guests include Nina Jankowicz, Co-Founder and CEO of the The American Sunlight Project and Scott Small, Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Tidal Cyber. Part 3: Election Propaganda: Part 3: Efforts to reduce the impact of future elections. Thinking past the US 2024 Presidential Election, In part three of the series, Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire's Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, discusses reducing the impact of propaganda in the future elections with Perry Carpenter, Chief Human Risk Management Strategist at KnowBe4 and host of the 8th Layer Insights Podcast, Nina Jankowicz, Co-Founder and CEO of the The American Sunlight Project, and Scott Small, Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Tidal Cyber. References: Bob Violino, 2022. 7 top challenges of security tool integration [Analysis]. CSO Online. Bruce Japsen, 2024. UnitedHealth Group Cyberattack Costs To Hit $2.3 Billion This Year [News]. Forbes. Clay Chun, 2019. JOHN BOYD AND THE “OODA” LOOP (GREAT STRATEGISTS) [Explainer]. War Room - U.S. Army War College. Michael Cobb, 2023. The history, evolution and current state of SIEM [Explainer]. TechTarget. Rick Howard, 2022. History of Infosec: a primer. [Podcast and essay]. The CyberWire - CSO Perspectives. Rick Howard, 2020. Security operations centers: a first principle idea. [Podcast and Essay]. The CyberWire. Rick Howard, 2020. SOAR – a first principle idea. [Podcast and Essay]. The CyberWire - CSO Perspectives. Rick Howard, 2021. XDR: from the Rick the Toolman Series. [Podcast and Essay]. The CyberWire - CSO Perspectives. Robert Lemos, 2024. SOAR Is Dead, Long Live SOAR [Analysis]. Dark Reading. Timbuk 3, 1986. The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades [Song]. Genius. Timbuk3VEVO, 2009. Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright [Music Video]. YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Changes happened at Edgewater Hospital under new owner, Peter Rogan. As the hospital’s fortunes improved, some questioned how Peter Rogan turned it around. The hospital is the birthplace of John Wayne Gacy, Jr. and Hillary Clinton — but officials closed the maternity ward in the 1990s. Instead, Edgewater Hospital shifted their focus to senior citizens…leaving many employees to question whether all these patients needed to be hospitalized. Before long, the FBI started investigating. Get John Borowski’s book John Wayne Gacy: Hunting a Predator and find out more about his film, John Wayne Gacy: A Clown Can Get Away With Murder on his website. Follow journalist and author, Bruce Japsen on Twitter . Hear bonus content, additional stories, interviews and behind-the-scenes content by supporting us on Patreon. Additional photos are on our website, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Group. Email us your questions for a future Q&A episode.

Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-Pa. 13) joined Michael and Rick to discuss the debates on the tax bill and continuing resolution taking place in the House. Bruce Japsen of Forbes jumps on to break down CVS' multi-billion dollar acquisition of Aetna and how that move will impact the healthcare industry and, most importantly, consumers.

Guest: Kathleen Marinelli, MD Host: Bruce Japsen With breast-feeding a hot topic across the nation and more women being encouraged to do so, there is a rise in the development of milk banks. Dr. Kathleen Marinelli, director of lactation support services at Connecticut Children's Medical Center and medical director of Mother's Milk Bank of New England, tells host Bruce Japsen about the trend toward milk banks, how they are regulated and the safety and efficacy of using another woman's breast milk.

Guest: Hank Cardello Host: Bruce Japsen With the US amid an obesity epidemic, the White House has made healthy eating a national priority. But will market forces eventually undermine and sabotage this high-profile effort to curtail obesity? Hank Cardello, a fellow of the Washington DC think tank the Hudson Institute, and director of its Obesity Solutions Institute and author of the book Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat, talks with host Bruce Japsen about how to persuade companies that product offerings which help reduce, instead of increase, the country's waistline can also improve the corporate bottom line.

Guest: James Laidler, MD Host: Bruce Japsen The move to re-cast high fructose corn syrup as "corn sugar" come out of the demonization of high fructose corn syrup by some in the medical community. But is high fructose corn syrup's reputation scientifically justified, and what does it mean for physicians and their patients? Dr. Jim Laidler, an MD and researcher in the area of molecular biology, talks with host Bruce Japsen about the much-maligned high fructose corn syrup and whether it is worse for health than other sugars and common substitutes.

Guest: Joanna Jiang, MD Host: Bruce Japsen The new health reform law will take steps to encourage patients to use preventive tests and screenings to head off chronic conditions, like diabetes, that extract a huge toll on the nation's medical care budget. Exactly how much does diabetes care cost the medical system, and where is the money going? Dr. Joanna Jiang, senior research scientist at the AHRQ (the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality), tells host Bruce Japsen about the origin of hospital costs and its surprising toll on the system.

Guest: William Thies, PhD Host: Bruce Japsen Some 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, with more cases sure to develop as the baby boomer generation ages. New potential discoveries are on the horizon. But, as Dr. William Thies, chief medical and scientific officer for the national office of the Alzheimer's Association, tells host Bruce Japsen, significant challenges and obstacles also lie ahead for these potential ground-breaking discoveries.

Guest: Darrel Regier, MD Host: Bruce Japsen It's been over 15 years since the publication of the Fourth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). The DSM-V is due to be published in May 2013, and for the first time, the American Psychiatric Association invited input from the wider medical community and the general public. Anyone could go to the website, view the draft criteria alongside DSM-IV criteria, as well as the rationale behind the proposed changes, and add their comments, through April 20, 2010. Dr. Darrel Regier, executive director of the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education and director, division of research, at the American Psychiatric Association, tells host Bruce Japsen about what's due to change in the Manual, and the ramifications for research, treatment, payment, and — ultimately — outcomes.

Guest: Alfred Casale, MD Host: Bruce Japsen As President Barack Obama touts what is right and wrong with the nation's healthcare system, hardly a week goes by when you don't hear him or one of this surrogates mentioning Geisinger Health System. So what does Mr. Obama see in this large Pennsylvania based medical care provider? Dr. Alfred Casale, director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Geisinger Health System tells host Bruce Japsen about the Pennsylvania system's years of experience measuring quality and improving patient care to keep costs low.

Guest: Joseph Golbus, MD, MBA Host: Bruce Japsen The economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama provides doctors money to get their offices set up for electronic medical records over the next few years. But there are actually a few health care systems ahead of the curve on electronic medical records with systems installed and benefits being realized. Host Bruce Japsen talks with Dr. Joseph Golbus, president and CEO of the NorthShore University Health System medical group about achievements made after implementing electronic medical records several years ago.

Guest: Sharon Treat, Ms. Host: Bruce Japsen More and more states, and even the federal government, are moving to ban drug industry gift-giving practices. So how is this legislation working, and what does it mean for physicians and their patients? Sharon Anglin Treat, executive director of the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices, tells host Bruce Japsen about states moving to ban or curtail gifts from drug makers to physicians and how the effort is working in states like Vermont, Minnesota and Massachusetts.

Guest: Chip Phillips Host: Bruce Japsen Retail health clinics, looking to expand their services, are going beyond care of routine maladies to physicals, injections of specialized drugs and management of chronic conditions. Chip Phillips, president of Minute Clinic, a subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corp., tells host Bruce Japsen about what physicians and their patients should expect from this new push by retailers.

Guest: Ken Aldrich Host: Bruce Japsen Expanded guidelines for stem cell research have favored federal financing for embryonic stem cell development. But some researchers in the field are looking beyond embryonic stem cells. Ken Aldrich, chief executive officer and co-founder of International Stem Cell Corporation, tells host Bruce Japsen about pluripotent stem cell research, not yet eligible for federal funding.

Guest: Arthur Holden, MBA Host: Bruce Japsen Two years after it was formed, the International Serious Adverse Event Consortium, working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is making progress understanding why certain people are predisposed to dangerous drug interactions. Arthur Holdren, founder of the consortium, tells host Bruce Japsen about the discovery of a genetic link between liver injury and some people who received a popular antibiotic.

Guest: Linda Powers, Ms. Host: Bruce Japsen President Obama expanded federal funding for certain embryonic stem cell research and many are excited about what it means to the entire field of discovery of new drugs and medical treatments. Linda Powers, of the Maryland Stem Cell Commission, tells host Bruce Japsen about the importance of Obama's move to, not only those interested in embryonic stem cells, but the entire field and drug discovery in general.

Guest: William Hersh, MD Host: Bruce Japsen The stimulus package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama promises unprecedented money for health IT and electronic medical records. But if the money is enough, are there enough health informatics specialists to pull it off? Dr. Bill Hersh, chair of the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, tells host Bruce Japsen about the healthcare system's needs from the world of health informatics.

Guest: David Himmelstein, MD Host: Bruce Japsen The single payer form of health insurance for all Americans: could this be the year that the long-debated model for medical care coverage becomes a reality? Dr. David Himmelstein, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a long-time advocate of single payer coverage, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the best chance in years for this model in the healthcare reform debate.

Guest: Michael King Host: Bruce Japsen The burgeoning number of emergency patients who do not speak English because our nation has become so diverse is creating a greater imperative to bridge the language gap in the hospital. Live video interpretation and translation could be the answer, says Michael King, director of business development for the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, in an interview with host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune.

Guest: Eric Elliott Host: Bruce Japsen What if prescription costs were tied to outcomes and how patients do on their prescriptions? It's already happening. Eric Elliott, president of CignaPharmacy Management, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about new ways health benefits companies are working to provide more effective treatments.

Guest: Scott Gottlieb, MD Host: Bruce Japsen The highly publicized decision by President Obama to add more federal dollars toward embryonic stem cell research may be fueling misconceptions about how drugs and medical products are created. But it's a part of the debate on stem cells that some in medicine think needs to be heard. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration deputy commissioner and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses with host Bruce Japsen funding realities, and what he sees as misconceptions related to the National Institutes of Health's new funding powers in the area of embryonic stem cells.

Guest: Alan Sager, PhD Host: Bruce Japsen Hospitals are closing nationwide, but is it really a case of here-we-go-again because of reductions in reimbursement? This time, we are in the most serious recession in decades. Dr. Alan Sager, professor of health policy and management at Boston University School of Public Health, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about what lies ahead for physicians and their patients with this uptick in consolidation.

Guest: Donato Tramuto Host: Bruce Japsen E-sampling is a new way of marketing drugs to physicians that's gaining momentum via the Internet. It's an approach that may reach more doctors and may prove to be more convenient to those who either don't like or don't want the traditional pharmaceutical industry pitches. Donato Tramuto, CEO and vice chairman of Physicians Interactive Holdings, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the trend emerging of marketing and applying business practices to doctors in a digital world online.

Guest: John Kreger Host: Bruce Japsen News of mega-mergers involving the likes of Pfizer and Wyeth or Merck and Schering Plough have turned the pharmaceutical industry on its ear. But what does this mean for you and your patients? John Kreger, a principal with the health care investment bank William Blair & Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about how consolidation among drug companies could impact doctors and their patients.

Guest: Les Paul, MD Host: Bruce Japsen Evidence-based medicine has been gaining momentum among the medical community, but there are things happening in our nation's capital that could impact this coming trend. Dr. Les Paul, vice president of clinical and scientific affairs for the National Pharmaceutical Council, tells host Bruce Japsen about the economic stimulus, bills in Congress and other initiatives that could move evidenced-based medicine further into the physician's office. But he also warns of potential pitfalls from the pharmaceutical industry's perspective.

Guest: Les Paul, MD Host: Bruce Japsen Comparative effectiveness is gaining momentum as a way to decide what drugs and devices should be used by doctors. But why was it part of the economic stimulus approved by Congress and pushed by President Obama? Dr. Les Paul, vice president of clinical and scientific affairs at the National Pharmaceutical Council, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about how policymakers are looking at comparative effectiveness and how medical care providers and the healthcare industry should be involved.

Guest: David Troxel, Dr. Host: Bruce Japsen Telemedicine continues to increase in popularity, but doctors need to understand the risks when communicating by e-mail or phone. Dr. David Troxel, medical director of the Doctors Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about potential risks and liability physicians can open themselves up to if they are not careful about how they use telemedicine and related consultations with their patients over the phone.

Guest: David Troxel, Dr. Host: Bruce Japsen The use of online communication and consultation between doctors and patients is becoming so common in everyday physician practice that there is now buzz about "eRisk Guidelines." Dr. David Troxel, medical director of The Doctors Company, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the dangers of using e-mail and other electronic communications with patients.

Guest: Marc Hedrick, MD Host: Bruce Japsen Stem cells are often seen as potential agents in the field of regenerative medicine. What are the realities and what should doctors expect? Dr. Marc Hedrick, president of San Diego-based Cytori Therapeutics, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about commercialized treatments already being used, and even more on the horizon.

Guest: Robert Harman Host: Bruce Japsen Human stem cell treatments are only just emerging in clinical trials. but man's 'best friend' is already benefitting from pain relief and important treatments that are commercialized. And this work in dogs and cats could one day benefit human patients. Dr. Robert Harman, CEO and founder of Vet-Stem, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the latest efforts by a stem cell therapy developer to use fat cells for treatments, a therapy gaining momentum in pets and soon to be moving through clinical trials for humans.

Guest: Robert Harman Host: Bruce Japsen Although President Obama has favored funding for embryonic stem cell research, the moral debate continues. But that discussion may overshadow the fact that biotech companies have actually made the most early progress, not in embryonic stem cells, but in adult stem cells. Dr. Robert Harman, chief executive officer and founder of Vet-Stem, joins the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen. Vet-Stem is using stem-cell therapy in veterinary regenerative medicine that may one day benefit humans. In this interview, they discuss adult stem cells, and the major momentum in research and commercialized treatments.

Guest: Helen Darling Host: Bruce Japsen Employers are finding it tougher and tougher to provide increasingly expensive health benefits. So when President Barack Obama makes healthcare reform a priority this year, what would employers like to see in this proposal? Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health, discusses with the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen what employers are looking for in healthcare reform.

Guest: Helen Darling Host: Bruce Japsen The stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama has employers excited about the potential for saving healthcare dollars from comparative effectiveness, technology assessment and cost control. Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit coalition representing some of the nation's largest employers, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about various goodies in the economic stimulus package that will benefit medical research, and innovative efforts that doctors, insurers and employers are looking at to provide cost-effective medical care.

Guest: Greg Brown Host: Bruce Japsen For breast cancer patients, there is often an untold story after mastectomy and treatment. Greg Brown, chief executive officer of ImpediMed, tells host Bruce Japsen about how women can suffer a debilitating complication known as lymphedema and how test makers are moving to help diagnose the problem early.

Guest: Jian Han, MD Host: Bruce Japsen The 'superbug' methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a top concern for hospitals and doctors nationwide. So what are we doing to combat this? Dr. Gian Han, director of Diatherix Laboratories, tells host Bruce Japsen about molecular diagnostic technologies being developed for doctors to detect MRSA and prevent infection in patients.

Guest: Keith Kelleher Host: Bruce Japsen Why is healthcare been such a growing area for organized labor to expand? From home health care workers and registered nurses, and even doctors, organized labor is finding an important audience in the medical care field. Keith Kelleher, president of SEIU Healthcare of Illinois and Indiana tells host Bruce Japsen about the labor movement among health professionals.

Guest: Keith Kelleher Host: Bruce Japsen Following the historic election of Barack Obama, one of the new president's longtime allies in organized labor now has a key voice in the nation's economic recovery and the healthcare debate. Keith Kelleher, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare of Illinois and Indiana, talks with host Bruce Japsen about the seat at the table SEIU will have when the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress push a stimulus package that could make strides to expand medical care for more Americans while benefiting doctors and other providers.

Guest: Philip Newbold Host: Bruce Japsen Innovation. It's important to change healthcare. But is there an innovator in everyone? Philip Newbold, president and chief executive of Memorial Hospital and Health System in South Bend, Indiana, tells host Bruce Japsen how we can find the innovator in each of us and how this could lead to improvements in medicine and the patient's healthcare experience.

Guest: Maureen Corry, Ms. Host: Bruce Japsen The National Quality Forum has endorsed 17 perinatal standards to measure and improve quality of care. Maureen Corry, executive director of the Childbirth Connection, talks with host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune about these coming measures and what they will mean to child-birthing families and their physicians.

Guest: Maureen Corry, Ms. Host: Bruce Japsen There is a national consensus on standards for perinatal care, but what does that mean and how did these come about? Maureen Corry, executive director of the ChildBirth Connection tells host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune about coming changes in perinatal standards at hospitals and how these measures should lead to improvements and provide consumers more information. Physicians, too, will be able to get an insight on how to prepare for this future movement.

Guest: Gary Conkright Host: Bruce Japsen Reducing medication errors is a global challenge but the good news is that there are increasingly new and innovative ways companies are looking to find solutions to error reduction. Gary Conkright, chief executive officer of medication safety company InformMed tells host Bruce Japsen about a tool designed by nurses as the latest in the coming wave of potential products in the medication error solution space.

Guest: Wesley Michael, MBA Host: Bruce Japsen Physicians are inundated with market research, but how does this benefit patients and what does it seek to accomplish? Wesley Michael, executive vice president of research-excellence at market research firm TNS Healthcare, tells host Bruce Japsen how physician participation in market research can benefit their practice, patient care and the larger healthcare system.

Guest: David Kweskin Host: Bruce Japsen When direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs came on the scene a decade ago, such ads quickly proliferated the airwaves. But times have changed. David Kweskin, senior vice president and practice area leader of brand and communications at the market research firm TNS Healthcare, tells host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune how drug and medical product makers are changing the way they advertise their products directly to consumers. What does this mean for physicians?

Guest: Gary Conkright Host: Bruce Japsen Trying to reduce medication errors? Gary Conkright, chief executive officer of InformMed, a medication safety company, talks with host Bruce Japsen about how the healthcare industry is borrowing a risk assessment technique from the aviation industry as a way to improve patient safety.

Guest: Robin Rudowitz, Ms. Host: Bruce Japsen With the economy in a downturn, more Americans are turning to Medicaid and related government health insurance programs as they lose private coverage. This may lead to some serious repercussions for medical-care providers and their patients. Robin Rudowitz, principal policy analyst for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about how health benefit program cuts and reduced government spending in a slow economy could impact patients and their medical-care providers.

Guest: Bianca Dijulio, MHS Host: Bruce Japsen Healthcare costs for family coverage continue to rise. But what are the trends this year faced by US workers? Bianca DiJulio, senior policy analyst for the Health Care Marketplace Project at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen how cost shifts will impact consumers and patients as they deal with rising deductibles and co-payments.

Guest: Maureen Corry, Ms. Host: Bruce Japsen New data suggests that nearly one in five women suffers postraumatic stress following labor and delivery; however, the postpartum experience of new mothers runs the gamut, oftentimes meaning little or no support. Maureen Corry, executive director of the Childbirth Connection, tells host Bruce Japsen of the Chicago Tribune about issues facing these women and their medical care providers.

Guest: Kurt Mosley Host: Bruce Japsen It seems fewer and fewer physicians want to go into internal medicine, with a recent study showing only two percent of 4th-year medical students elect to enter this field. Kurt Mosley, Vice President of Business Development for Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, the largest physician search and consulting firm in the country with more than two decades in the business, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the trend away from internal medicine, despite the national movement toward finding patients a medical home and the continued emphasis by policy makers on the importance of primary care medicine.

Guest: Kurt Mosley Host: Bruce Japsen More than 90 percent of new physicians coming into the job market received at least 10 job solicitations and face a much different employment dynamic than older doctors. Kurt Mosley, vice president of business development for Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, the largest physician search and consulting firm in the country, tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen what doctors face in today's complex employment market and shares his insights into navigating it.

Guest: Gerald Bernstein, MD Host: Bruce Japsen Diabetes has become such a worldwide epidemic that some are turning to over-the-counter products as a way to help patients with this disease that has afflicted nearly 24 million in the U.S. alone. Dr. Gerald Bernstein, the vice president of medical affairs at Generex, a biotech company based in Toronto, tells host Bruce Japsen about nutritional products and over-the-counter options for patients with diabetes.