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Politico
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Where is Tom Keane?
WASHINGTON WATCH President Donald Trump unveiled on Wednesday a federally driven initiative that will allow Americans to access their medical records via an app, potentially marking the end of health care's long reliance on paper. At a White House event, he invited 60-some companies in health care — from rural health care providers to tech giants — to agree to work to free up health data from within doctors' offices, apps, information exchanges and payer databases. But notably, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and head of the Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT Tom Keane was absent from yesterday's activities at the White House. 'You own your medical records. They're yours. Why you can't have access to them is this stunning reality in modern-day America,' Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, said at the event. The aim is to make patient data available for use in apps and artificial intelligence tools, enabling Americans to more easily book health appointments, receive health advice from AI agents and give their care providers better insight into their health. Somewhat surprisingly, this effort is being driven by CMS instead of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, which writes the rules for electronic medical records and the guidelines for how health data flows in this country. So where was he? Keane spoke at a morning event in the Eisenhower building for both signatories of the commitments and members of the health care industry who were not invited to the White House announcement, about the need for trusted data infrastructure to support CMS new initiative, according to three health care industry advocates who attended. TEFCA: Despite extensive discussions about interoperability, notably absent was any mention of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, also known as TEFCA, a federally supported health information network championed by former head of the Office of the National Coordinator Micky Tripathi. 'TEFCA is a huge piece of how this data exchange will be done to meet part of the commitments,' said Joe Ganley, vice president of regulatory affairs at electronic health record Athenahealth. His company announced on Tuesday that all of its roughly 100,000 clients can now send and receive data on TEFCA. But he also said the commitments aren't prescriptive, and he expects data exchange to happen in other ways, including via more direct connections. As part of those industry commitments, CMS had an opportunity to require participation in TEFCA, but notably didn't ask for that. What else: Industry may also turn to data networks that it has long relied on instead of TEFCA. Jason Prestinario, CEO of health IT firm Particle Health, who signed the commitments along with Carequality, an existing network for sharing data, called on the latter to change its rules to require better data flow. 'A simple change of the [Carequality] rules from 'should' to 'must' on individual access would immediately accomplish many of the goals CMS set today,' he wrote on LinkedIn. That would enable patients to get their records directly from Carequality participants, which includes health systems among others. WELCOME TO FUTURE PULSE This is where we explore the ideas and innovators shaping health care. ICYMI: Peter Bowman-Davis, recent undergrad at Yale University and now former HHS chief AI officer, has left the building. Chief Technology Officer Clark Minor will take over his responsibilities. Share any thoughts, news, tips and feedback with Carmen Paun at cpaun@ Ruth Reader at rreader@ or Erin Schumaker at eschumaker@ Want to share a tip securely? Message us on Signal: CarmenP.82, RuthReader.02 or ErinSchumaker.01. MORNING MONEY: CAPITAL RISK — POLITICO's flagship financial newsletter has a new Friday edition built for the economic era we're living in: one shaped by political volatility, disruption and a wave of policy decisions with sector-wide consequences. Each week, Morning Money: Capital Risk brings sharp reporting and analysis on how political risk is moving markets and how investors are adapting. Want to know how health care regulation, tariffs, or court rulings could ripple through the economy? Start here. WORLD VIEW For American lawmakers hoping to make the web safer for kids, the last week in the U.K. offers a bracing lesson in unintended consequences, writes POLITICO's Aaron Mak. Doctors, researchers, and even the former U.S. surgeon general under President Joe Biden, Vivek Murthy, have expressed increasing concern about the impact of social media on children's mental and physical health. A new law to promote online safety in the United Kingdom has swept up a lot more content than social media users expected, and a wide range of advocacy groups and disgruntled consumers are rising to object. The U.K.'s Online Safety Act took effect Friday to shield minors from 'harmful' content — not just pornography, but also material that's hateful, promotes substance abuse or depicts 'serious violence.' The rules apply to any site accessible in the U.K., even those based in the U.S. This means sites like Reddit, Bluesky and even Grindr now have to abide by the OSA's speech regulations to stay online in the country. The debut of the OSA has been met with swift pushback. After a petition to repeal the act received more than 350,000 signatures, the U.K. government responded Monday that it had no plans to do so. Nigel Farage, leader of the far-right Reform U.K. party, has also pledged to repeal the act. VPNs, which route a user's internet traffic through another country, have hit the top of the U.K.'s app download charts. Though the U.S. isn't as tough on tech as Europe, both state and federal lawmakers take cues from their regulatory approach. For example, the language for California's Age Appropriate Design Code Act, which is on pause as courts decide whether it's constitutional, was inspired by the U.K. Children's Code. U.S. lawmakers can't bar minors from particular kinds of content, even if it's hateful or age-inappropriate, because it runs up against free speech rules. Still, the U.K.'s Online Safety Act may offer a window into how American youth are likely to respond to age-verification laws. States, including Texas, Louisiana, and Utah, are passing rules that require app stores to get parental consent before kids can download apps. And the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld age-verification laws related to pornography that at least 23 states have in place. While those laws are more limited than the U.K.'s law, the rollout of the safety act could offer lessons for states passing and enforcing age-verification requirements. 'We're seeing that regardless of where you implement these laws and these measures, users are still frustrated,' Paige Collings, senior speech and privacy activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told Mak. She pointed out that Florida also saw a spike in searches for VPNs after it implemented an online porn law in January.
Irish Examiner
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Kilcummin kids looking to put Kerry village on the map
Kilcummin post office opens at 9am on a Friday, same as every other day of the working week. Such were the masses gathered outside from 7am on this particular Friday, you'd swear it was the last day for getting off the Christmas cards. There's no other comparison to do justice to the extent of local activity. Kilcummin post office was the designated meeting point. Four buses pulled in and pulled out at 7.30am on the dot. One bus for the players, two more for families, and a fourth for the last lot of supporters. In front of them was an almost six-hour journey to Letterkenny. The Donegal town is their base for the weekend, with a further one-hour spin onto their weekend playing base that is the Derry GAA centre of excellence at Owenbeg. Everything has been planned down to the last minute detail. Kilcummin team captain Darragh Keane preparing for John West GAA Féile Peile na nÓg There was a pitstop in Galway to break up the six-hour journey, a kickabout in the Donegal centre of excellence in Convoy to loosen out at the end of the six-hour journey, and a three-course meal at €28 per-person to refill the tank at the end of a long, long day. Kilcummin are on the road and a long way from home because of this weekend's Féile Peile na nÓg finals. For the third time in the club's history, Kilcummin are the Kerry flag bearers and Division 1 representatives. The two other occasions were 1992 and 2007. A young Mike McCarthy was the star of the '92 class, the 07' expedition marking the first goalkeeping chapter of current Kerry back-up Shane Murphy. Murphy's county teammate David Clifford spun out to Kilcummin the day after taking Cavan for 3-7 to take a session with the U15 boys. The county Féile winners recently showed up at a session of the club nursery to help out with the generation behind them. Heroes beget heroes beget heroes. Kilcummin Féile mentors Dinny O'Connor, Edward O'Sullivan, Tom Keane, Paul O'Donoghue and Sean Lynch. 'My own fella is involved and it is great to see the lads he would have grown up with, you saw them all starting off in the nursery at six years of age when they were first learning to kick a ball, to now going off to represent Kerry at national Féile,' says Tom Keane, one of the five mentors overseeing the team. 'It is fitting tribute to the lads for their input locally that they are getting the benefit of representing Kerry at national Féile in Division 1.' Belief was sown last September when the team won the Munster U14 Super 10s competition. County Féile success followed seven months later. As can be taken from the four packed buses that pulled out from the post office yesterday morning, the whole community is on board and behind this group. 'The excitement it has created amongst the community is phenomenal, and it is lovely to see the community working together in such large numbers. 'There's a massive focus within the club on the underage structure. We are a small little village outside of Killarney which is growing year-on-year for the last number of years. "We want to put Kilcummin on the map, we want to compete with the rest. We want to compete with the bigger clubs. And it is like anything, we need to start somewhere. Obviously you start at juvenile level and that is what we have done.' Conall McCarthy, Dean Moynihan, Daniel O'Sullivan, Eamon O'Donoghue, Darragh Keane and Aidan Huggard. In recent years, the club completed the €1m development of a new training field, walking track, dressing-rooms, and state-of-the-art gym. 'Everything is looking up,' continued Keane, who is a past treasurer of Kerry county board. The semi-final appearance of their maiden 1992 voyagers represents the outstanding Féile run by the club. Clonduff of Down, who coincidentally enough are in their group this weekend, tripped them up at the penultimate hurdle before going on to claim outright success. In keeping with the meticulous planning of the weekend, there's a room booked in Adare's Woodlands Hotel early on Sunday evening so the players can take in on the return leg home Kerry's All-Ireland quarter-final against Armagh. Wouldn't they love to do so after an extended Féile run, wouldn't they love to do so after putting Kilcummin on the map.
Irish Times
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Live above the shop at detached 1930s home in west Cork for €455,000
Address : The Old Mill Stores, Millside, Connonagh, Leap, Co Cork Price : €455,000 Agent : Charles McCarthy View this property on In the early 1990s when Ireland was beginning to become cool in the eyes of the world and our top comedians, musicians and writers ruled pop culture, husband and wife Tom Keane and Claire Graham set up Urbana, an emporium of all things homeware with a focus on small designer items. The pair were also travelling regularly to Copenhagen to buy antique Scandinavian stoves through their company, Ovne Stoves, and to see family – Graham's nephew Lukas Forchhammer fronts Danish band Lukas Graham. It was on a trip to west Cork to install several of these stoves in actor Jeremy Irons's rose-pink keep, Kilcoe Castle, that they first spotted the large detached 1930s property on a bend in the road between Roscarbery and Leap. The Old Mill Stores. All photographs: Niamh Whitty The Old Mill Stores The Old Mill Stores The couple had a strong business and had even supplied wood burners to the production designers for the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. READ MORE As parents to young children, then aged two and four, they sold up their place in Kilmainham and headed southwest. Within a week at school the kids had Cork accents, says Keane. The couple fell for the fine-sized detached dwelling, formerly Moloney General Stores, with lands that run down to the river Roury, a waterway with salmon in it, according to locals, says Keane. They spent the next two years living in a house up a mountain and opened a home store in Leap, while work got under way on the refurbishment. They sold half of the property – an older mill with wheel and mill race – about 10 years later. Living over the shop, they built an interiors business that welcomed a variety of well-known faces to the premises, from locals such as chef Darina Allen to film producer David Puttnam, while actors Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan have both dropped in; Ronan has a property in Ballydehob. The lure is the high-low mix of practical Scandinavian designs, from cushions to throws and crockery, and things you don't think you need such as tide clocks, Charvet tea towels, cashmere socks and the Shelia Maid air drier, a contemporary take on the Victorian design that is really effective at indoor garment drying. The store won the craft gift shop category at the Irish Times Best Shop in Ireland awards in 2016 and was named best independent retailer at the 2017 Image Interiors & Living Design Awards. Sittingroom Livingroom Kitchen Dining area Dining area opens to back garden They renovated the top two floors first, dry-lining all the walls, adding new old floors from Victorian Salvage and insulating. 'The only thing we didn't do was modernise the single-glaze sash windows,' says Keane. A dozen years ago, they did the garden level, tanking it and insulating it to eliminate damp. This is where the kitchen's bifold doors open out to decks and terraces that lead down to the river and frame sylvan views. There's a living area and a guest bedroom with en suite also at this level. The mixed-use building is now D1 Ber-rated and extends to about 213sq m (2,300sq ft). This includes about 46sq m (500sq feet) of retail space, comprising two adjoining rooms. There is also a dual-aspect sittingroom at entrance level fitted with a 1920s Danish stove and French doors opening on to a Juliet balcony overlooking the garden. On the first floor there are views of Coillte-run Dromillihy woods from the back and at night they leave the windows open and are lulled to sleep by the sound of the river's running water. Landing Bedroom Bedroom Bathroom The couple initially put the property up for sale last year, seeking €595,000. This price included buying the business. They decided to continue to trade the business online as they remain agents for the aforementioned air driers and had sale-agreed the property, but it fell though earlier this month. The couple are downsizing and have already bought a place in Dublin, returning to Kilmainham, where Keane says they've kept a seat for him in the local, The Royal Oak. They're also looking for a smaller place in the area, for they are hooked on west Cork. 'It is incredibly creative and welcoming,' says Keane. The mixed-use property, including the shop, is on the market through Charles McCarthy, seeking €455,000.
Daily Mail
12-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Former Man United transfer chief reveals he lived at the training ground and didn't see his family as he oversaw club-record £225m summer splurge
Man United 's former head of football negotiations, Tom Keane, has lifted the lid on the club's record-breaking 2022 summer transfer window — revealing that a year's worth of planning was crammed into just 16 weeks. The club spent £225m bringing in Antony (£86m), Casemiro (£70m), Lisandro Martinez (£57m), Tyrell Malacia (£13m), Christian Eriksen (free) and Martin Dubravka (loan). Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe complained in March that some of the players he inherited when taking partial control of the club last year were 'not good enough' and 'overpaid'. The 72-year-old, whose Ineos company are now responsible for Man United's football operations, has spoken of the club's financial difficulties. Sir Jim has overseen a series of unpopular cost-cutting moves including denying staff free tickets for this month's Europa League final against Tottenham. And now Keane, who was only at Man United on a temporary basis for six months, has explained what went on during then-manager Erik ten Hag 's first window at Old Trafford. Ten Hag did not start work at Old Trafford until the 2021/22 season had finished in late May. That meant Man United were unable to put long-term plans in place for the summer transfer window having been under the temporary stewardship of Ralf Rangnick since November. £86m flop Antony was sent on loan to Real Betis after just 12 goals in 96 games at Old Trafford 'There were a couple of challenges. One of the biggest was everyone was new,' Keane, the brother of former Reds youngsters Michael and Will, told The Overlap. 'I'd just walked through the door, the manager came in in May, John Murtough had been at the club a while but had just become football director, Richard Arnold had just become CEO and there was a new head of data. 'The way it would normally work is the transfer window shuts and in September they start planning for the following summer. 'What happened for us that summer, I think because of circumstances, the work started in May. 'It felt like we did a year's work in 12 to 16 weeks. 'I literally lived at the training ground and I didn't see my family, which was fine as I knew what I was getting myself into and it was part of the experience. 'The budget side of it, the finance department had oversight of everything that was going on to ensure the club was remaining compliant with its PSR obligations. 'In terms of negotiations, the process was really detailed and it had to be. 'Big sums of money, so the stakes are high and with football players you are signing humans. 'You can't guarantee anything and all the work is trying to minimise risk. You're trying to improve the chances of the signing being a success.' All those involved in that transfer window including Ten Hag, Murtough and Arnold have since left the club. Sir Jim has built his own team that includes CEO Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox.
The Sun
12-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
‘I lived at the training ground' – Former Man Utd transfer chief reveals where most expensive window ever went wrong
FORMER Manchester United chief Tom Keane has lifted the lid on the club's record-breaking 2022 summer transfer window. Keane was their head of negotiations as they splurged a club high of £225million on six new signings. 3 3 In Erik ten Hag's first window at the Old Trafford he bought Antony (£85m), Casemiro (£70m), Lisandro Martinez (£57m), Tyrell Malacia (£13m), Christian Eriksen (free) and Martin Dubravka (loan). Keane, who was only at United on a temporary basis for six months, played a huge role in talks and even flew to Spain to complete the Casemiro deal. Opening about where it went wrong that summer, Keane told The Overlap: "There were a couple of challenges. One of the biggest was everyone was new. "I'd just walked through the door, the manager came in in May, John Murtough had been at the club a while but had just become football director, Richard Arnold had just become CEO and there was a new head of data. "The way it would normally work is the transfer window shuts and in September they start planning for the following summer. "What happened for us that summer, I think because of circumstances, the work started in May. "It felt like we did a year's work in 12 to 16 weeks. "I literally lived at the training ground and I didn't see my family, which was fine as I knew what I was getting myself into and it was part of the experience. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS "The budget side of it, the finance department had oversight of everything that was going on to ensure the club was remaining compliant with its PSR obligations. "In terms of negotiations, the process was really detailed and it had to be. "Big sums of money, so the stakes are high and with football players you are signing humans. "You can't guarantee anything and all the work is trying to minimise risk. You're trying to improve the chances of the signing being a success." All those involved in that transfer window like Ten Hag, Murtough and Arnold have since left the club. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has built his own team that involves CEO Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox.
