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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As my friends Deven McGraw, Chief Regulatory Officer at Ciitizen (whom I profiled here in Health Populi ), and Vince Kuraitis, longtime health strategy guru and author of the blog e-CareManagement.com , characterized this challenge, “The Goldilocks Dilemma” in The Health Care Blog.

Interoperability

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Here is what we know-we know about primary care: that countries with strong primary care backbones where patients lack barriers to seeking PCP care spend less money per capita on health care. And, that primary care is a social determinant of health, bolstering public and individual health.

Primary Care

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: The Wild West of Unprotected Personal Data

E-CareManagement

AUGUST 13, 2019

The McKinsey “2,750 times” statistic is a pretty good proxy for the amount of your personal health data that is NOT protected by HIPAA and currently is broadly unprotected from sharing and use by third parties. Read the rest of our article on The Health Care Blog.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL

E-CareManagement

JANUARY 22, 2020

Some have called on policymakers to extend HIPAA to cover mHealth apps and other online platforms. In the latest post in our series — “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? ” — Deven McGraw and I argue that extending HIPAA is not a viable solution. Read the full article in The Health Care Blog.

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Protecting Health Data Outside of HIPAA: Will the Protecting Personal Health Data Act Tame the Wild West ?

E-CareManagement

AUGUST 20, 2019

Congress is seriously considering bipartisan legislation — the “Protecting Personal Health Data Act” — to better protect the privacy of consumers’ personal data. Read the full post on The Health Care Blog. appeared first on e-CareManagement blog.

Health Data

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 1

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

In advance of a session I’m shepherding at the upcoming AHIP 2024 conference in Las Vegas, I developed scenarios about health care in 2030 asking who “we” will be then as patient-plan members?

Primary Care

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

Those advertising companies include Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, and many more, which are immune to HIPAA violations because they are not covered entities. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians. ” JMIR Mental Health 7, no. What Is Privacy?,

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

” The last paragraph of the press release states: “All work related to Ascension’s engagement with Google is HIPAA compliant and underpinned by a robust data security and protection effort and adherence to Ascension’s strict requirements for data handling.”

BioTech

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Successful telehealth programs use adequate bandwidth, HIPAA-compliant software, appropriate hardware and delivery methods that meet patient needs. If you are interested in learning more about the telehealth program development process, read this blog series: The Telehealth Professional’s Guide to Successful Program Development.

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

Successful telehealth programs use adequate bandwidth, HIPAA-compliant software, appropriate hardware and delivery methods that meet patient needs. If you are interested in learning more about the telehealth program development process, read this blog series: The Telehealth Professional’s Guide to Successful Program Development.

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For Your Radar — Huge Implications for Healthcare in Pending Privacy Legislation

E-CareManagement

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Read the rest of our article on The Health Care Blog. The post For Your Radar — Huge Implications for Healthcare in Pending Privacy Legislation appeared first on e-CareManagement blog. Here’s an overview of the ground we’ll cover in this post: Why Now? Six Key Issues for Healthcare. What’s Next?

Health Policy

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Introduction to Remote Patient Monitoring in Pregnancy

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

AUGUST 21, 2024

This blog explores the numerous benefits and applications of RPM in pregnancy , detailing how it’s shaping the future of maternal health. Integration and policy support for RPM is crucial for enhancing access and efficiency in healthcare, especially in managing high-risk conditions such as hypertensive disorders post-pregnancy.

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Navigating Healthcare Industry Challenges: Privacy, Access, & Patient Satisfaction

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 30, 2023

To address health equality challenges, healthcare delivery must be streamlined to improve quality and provide care in many traditional health settings. Health policy initiatives must prioritize prevention and health promotion to address health conditions and disparities among different population groups.

Patient Experience

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

Get a cup of coffee and sit back, because this is a long one – not the usual short and sweet entry that each of us endeavors to craft on our respective blogs. There could be a similar discussion around how the players in the health care system are evolving. Jane writes the Health Populi blog. Not really.

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: The Wild West of Unprotected Personal Data

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL

Protecting Health Data Outside of HIPAA: Will the Protecting Personal Health Data Act Tame the Wild West ?

Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 1

Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

For Your Radar — Huge Implications for Healthcare in Pending Privacy Legislation

Introduction to Remote Patient Monitoring in Pregnancy

Navigating Healthcare Industry Challenges: Privacy, Access, & Patient Satisfaction

A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

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