Vice President, Government Affairs,
Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions
Cathy is responsible for developing and executing Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solution’s government affairs strategy which is designed to educate and inform federal and state legislators and other interest groups on health policy issues of interest to the company’s various business enterprises. A well respected advocate and spokesperson on health policy and health law issues, Cathy brings over 25 years of legislative and government affairs experience to this role, including policy development, legislative and regulatory analysis, stakeholder relations and consensus building.
Joining the company in 2007, Betz is based in Washington D.C. She holds a BS from James Madison University, a Juris Doctor from George Mason University’s School of Law, and a Master’s in Health Administration from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Contrary to some predictions, the world didn’t end last weekend. But have no fear; Apple and Google were tracking your location/destination anyway.
Apple and Google are helping intensify an already intense digital privacy debate with recent revelations that both companies’ mobile software track users’ movements in detail without affirmative consent.
“Personal data is the new oil of the Internet and the new currency of the digital
world.” Meglena Kuneva, European Consumer Commissioner, March 2009
As we move towards a “Web of the world” in which mobile communications, social technologies and online connections are bringing people together into one interconnected network, personal data may soon emerge as “a new asset class,” according to a fascinating report recently released by Bain & Company, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF PersonalDataNewAsset_Report PDF).
The Health Research Institute at PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report recently entitled “Putting patients into ‘meaningful use’”(PDF). It begins with the true story regarding a life-saving diagnosis by Facebook in which a Wisconsin woman ended up in an emergency room, and then in a coma, after months of experiencing symptoms that had confounded doctors trying to make a diagnosis. A family member “friended” the doctor to the woman’s Facebook account – where she had been tracking her symptoms, conditions, medications, etc. After reading her status updates, the doctor pieced information together and was able to diagnose and treat her; she has since recovered. Read further >
Apps are the new black. No, not in the fashion sense, but to illustrate the popularity or versatility of the growing influence of social media, especially in the pharmaceutical industry space. Read further >
While technology is an important part of being a content provider today, issues around the availability of information, how it is used, and whether communicating that information warrants constitutional protections are also key elements for consideration. Read further >
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the story of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge’s ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Read further >
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American tradition. This year, we count among our many blessings the fact that the most contentious, most polarizing, most dramatic election season is now over. Read further >
In this digital environment, most of us recognize that data is a valuable asset. The U.S. government is starting to realize that too. For years, the government has been data-rich, but not information-rich. Sitting on a gold mine of data now, efforts are being made to convert the ever-growing data mountain into actionable intelligence. Read further >
I believe it was Niels Bohr who said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” That quote could have easily come from wisecracking baseball legend Yogi Berra, who replied “Do you mean now?” when asked for the time. Read further >
