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Arundhati Parmar

San Jose

VP and Editor-in-Chief at MedCity News

Editor-in-Chief, MedCity News. Love journalism + theater, hate hypocrisy + football, tweeting about healthcare and innovation. Find me at https://t.co/S7LitzevQm

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  • 2 weeks ago | medcitynews.com | Amy Maxmen |Arundhati Parmar

    The Trump administration’s cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the latest blow to national defense, former health security officials said. They warned that the U.S. could be at the mercy of other countries in the next pandemic.

  • 1 month ago | medcitynews.com | Arundhati Parmar

    Our Season 2 – Innovations in Oncology – continues with a focus on precision medicine. I talk with CEO of Helix, James Lu, who had an interesting take on how precision medicine is evolving. Below, you will find the video, audio and transcript:VIDEOHere is the audio-only versionHere is the transcript:Arundhati Parmar: Welcome to the Met City Pivot Podcast. I’m your host. We are continuing with our focus on oncology this season.

  • 2 months ago | medcitynews.com | Arundhati Parmar

    Privacy Preference CenterWhen you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies.

  • 2 months ago | medcitynews.com | Arundhati Parmar

    Straight talk is what everyone wants but rarely gets. At the Medicarians conference held earlier this month in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to engage Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Health Plan, in a fireside health chat to talk about the current state of Medicare. While he extolled the benefits of Medicare Advantage, he did not shy away from tough questions about the program and even agreed that the program needs changes.

  • 2 months ago | medcitynews.com | Arundhati Parmar

    Last December, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule that would make data encryption a standard and not optional across healthcare organizations that store and transfer patient health information. In the last episode of our season 1, we talk to Bryan Marlatt and IT expert with CyXcel, an advisory firm that provides resources on crises including cybersecurity. Marlatt talked about the evolving threat landscape and what the proposed rule means for healthcare organizations.

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Arundhati Parmar
Arundhati Parmar @aparmarbb
24 Mar 25

Trying to delete your @23andMe data? Here’s what I encountered. Good idea to delete since the company is going bankrupt and CEO @annewoj23 just resigned https://t.co/7PimRYgz2Q

Arundhati Parmar
Arundhati Parmar @aparmarbb
7 Mar 25

Self-insured employers should demand more from their TPAs, vendors. Here's Christoph Dankert from @CarrumHealth talking about how the relationship between startups serving employers and TPAs have evolved as employers began to speak up https://t.co/voGLEHjSvz

Arundhati Parmar
Arundhati Parmar @aparmarbb
10 Feb 25

The CEO of ⁦@MayoClinic⁩ Digital Pathology team explains why the heath system is partnering with ⁦⁦@nvidia⁩ https://t.co/y16NwIXfls