Conference, Health Data and Health Information

Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.

Health Data

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

One-fourth of people used video and conference call platforms in the pandemic for the first time, and one-quarter intends to continue using Zoom et. 20% of people used online health services, and 20% intent to keep using them. These methods could include: Making reidentification of “deidentified” health data illegal.

Digital Health

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry.

Health Information

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Webinars

Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

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ETHERFAX and DirectTrust Guiding Security Standards for Cloud Fax Providers

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2024

At the recent DirectTrust conference, Ken Romo, Global Director at ETHERFAX , shares with us that they are not just a fax company: He describes them as a cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) company offering a “secure exchange network” that also includes fax.

Interoperability

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How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Health data utility is still a fairly new concept in the world of healthcare. This naturally made it a hot topic at the recent Civitas Conference. How are health data utilities evolving? Michael Gagnon, Executive Director at HealtHIE Nevada – I see HIEs really evolving to be health data utilities.

Health Data

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

JUNE 27, 2021

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Hoarding data is not only bad for business but can be catastrophic in a crisis.

Health Data

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Hoarding data is not only bad for business but can be catastrophic in a crisis.

Health Data

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One Way to Improve U.S. Healthcare, Lower Costs and Drive Outcomes? “Unvendor,” Asserts Dr. Harm Scherpbier in His New Book

Health Populi

MARCH 20, 2025

Health information technology professionals charged with selecting, implementing, updating, and paying for health IT in hospital and care delivery settings are essentially the first-line consumers of health IT specifically, electronic health records.

EHR

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Insights into Key Topics at HIMSS25 Europe

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2025

The conference covers European legislation, workforce trends, women’s health, digital transformation, AI implementations and more. HIMSS25 Europe From 10–12 June 2025, healthcare leaders will gather in Paris to learn, connect, and explore ideas to improve healthcare. See our coverage on this page.

Life Science

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

– Microsoft has announced advancements in cloud technologies for healthcare and life sciences with the general availability of Azure Health Data Services and updates to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. The goal of Azure Health Data Services is interoperability that drives better patient outcomes and clinical advances.

Life Science

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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2024

This means if a person visits multiple facilities, they must use different portals to access their health data. There is a risk of unauthorized access to or breaches of patients' personal health information (PHI). There are worries about the affordability and accessibility of digital health solutions.

Digital Health

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Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

Health Populi

MARCH 7, 2018

This week at the 2018 annual HIMSS conference, telehealth is playing a mainstream role in discussions about right-sizing and right-placing healthcare. The evidence for telehealth’s tipping point is rooted in new research published today by Accenture on Patients + Doctors + Machines, Accentures’ 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health.

Digital Health

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#PatientsIncluded statement for SPM’s Second Annual Conference: #SPM2018

Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Here’s the latest in a series of posts about the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. The Society for Participatory Medicine Conference on October 17, “Democratizing Healthcare! Are you attending Connected Health?

Connected Health

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.” First, the law. and much of the world.

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What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? At the recent Civitas Conference, we took the time to ask various members of our talented Healthcare IT Today Community to see where their thoughts were on this subject. The video below is a compilation of their answers.

Interoperability

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Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It was great seeing the Oracle Health Conference in a new location (and a location that us on the conference circuit are very familiar with!).The His wife Jordan was then responsible for communicating all of his pertinent health information at the most stressful point in her life.

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Quality Data Leads to Better Outcomes, Alignment & Informed Consent at ViVE2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2023

Data Must Lead to Better Outcomes – Divurgent According to Hannah Ellerbee, Chief Customer Officer at Divurgent , health data was a hot topic of discussion in the ViVE2023 exhibit hall. However, what she didn’t hear enough of, was how that data was leading to better outcomes.

Health Data

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

If you want more details on TEFCA and QHINs, check out this two-pager and we’ll be working on talking with some of the official QHINs and those that are still working on it at the ONC conference. This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data.

Interoperability

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Most People Want Technology to Play a Bigger Role in Their Health Care, ResMed Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2019

consumers identified their top three areas where they think technology can help improve the healthcare system and quality of care received; these were: Finding the best care, in terms of doctors, information on where the best treatments were delivered and booking appointments. Making health care costs transparent.

Connected Health

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A Look at HIEs and 2 Perspectives for Data Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

In response to this tweet by Kristen Valdes during the SHIEC 2021 conference happening this week in Arizona, Brendan Keeler offered this really important look into healthcare data exchange and HIEs.

HIE

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Ensuring Precision in Patient Identity: Modern Approaches to Master Data Management

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

The depth of this challenge and some modern solutions for managing identities in healthcare was illustrated really well in a session at the HIMSS 2024 conference by Todd M. When you look at how much data is passing through Healthix, it’s kind of hard to comprehend.

HIE

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Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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Health Gorilla and Amwell Announce Expanded Digital Diagnostic Lab Ordering for Clinicians

Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a more connected and efficient digital lab process, Health Gorilla and Amwell reinforce their commitment to accessible hybrid care MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS This makes Health Gorilla the right strategic partner for Amwell and our collective goals.” 8-10 in Las Vegas.

Health Information

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BetterHelp Investigation by FTC & Privacy Update by DOJ

Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

The FTC announcement clarified that email addresses constitute personally identifiable health information because email addresses identify visitors as people seeking mental health care. “Personal information” may be “health information” simply due to the nature of the product or service.

Mental health

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SCHIO HIE’s Approach to Identity Management

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

To better address identity management at SCHIO, Dan Chavez, Executive Director of SCHIO (Santa Cruz Health Information Organization), turned to Verato. We had a chance to catch up with Chavez at the DirectTrust and Civitas conference to learn more about this decision. Learn more about SCHIO: [link].

HIE

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

No doubt these are topics that we’ll be discussing at the MRO booth (#213) at the upcoming HFMA conference. Particularly for risk adjustment (RA) reviews, even the slightest gaps in reporting leaves health plans at risk for drops in quality ratings and subsequent revenue loss. Therein lies the rub.

Life Science

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Slide Presentation: Patient Data Sharing–NOT Hoarding–is the New Normal

E-CareManagement

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

We’ll also take a view out the windshield, explaining why generous data sharing is a highly leveraged clinical and business strategy. This is the opening presentation of the AIN virtual conference: Health Data Unbound — Innovations in Health Data Sharing.

Health Data

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Defense is doing with its CMMC program that will require independent cybersecurity assessments of large and small defense contractors that work with sensitive information. Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds.

EHR

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#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

Our lineup includes a deep dive into Europe’s current regulatory landscape, including the AI Act, the European Health Data Space and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund. We’ll also help you make sense of all today’s trends in health technology—from machine learning to digital maturity and telehealth.

Digital Health

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AI Front and Center at 2023 eClinicalWorks Health Centers Summit

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

This information comes from a variety of external sources that participate in the Carequality and CommonWell Health alliance networks. eClinicalWorks showed a new AI feature that can read through the pages of information retrieved via PRISMA and generate a short summary for that patient. AI will always be co-pilot not the pilot.

EHR

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How many tries does it take to flip a physician?

Society for Participatory Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

House has largely scrolled out of mind, and as I start this post, both physicians above have finished keynoting at an international conference in Quebec aimed at reducing “excess” treatments and tests and promting the movement towrds “less is more” medicine.

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Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

Products Interoperability platform Particle Health launched Particle FOCUS , a data product suite that provides comprehensive patient health information across seven chronic disease states. Health Gorilla received HITRUST certification for its Health Interoperability Platform.

RCM

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The Role of Health Information Management in Improving the Accuracy and Accessibility of Patient Information Across Different Healthcare Systems

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In search of clarification on these complications, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to ask what role does health information management play in improving the accuracy and accessibility of patient information across different healthcare systems? The following are their answers.

Health Information

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BetterHelp Investigation by FTC & Privacy Update by DOJ

OCTOBER 28, 2018

On October 17th, the Society enjoyed their 2nd conference in Boston. Doc Tom was Medical Editor for Millennium Whole Earth Catalog and Health Online: How To Find Health Information, Support Groups, And Self Help Communities In Cyberspace. The passion in the room was palpable. Much more to come on that.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Webinars

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Webinars

ETHERFAX and DirectTrust Guiding Security Standards for Cloud Fax Providers

How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

One Way to Improve U.S. Healthcare, Lower Costs and Drive Outcomes? “Unvendor,” Asserts Dr. Harm Scherpbier in His New Book

Insights into Key Topics at HIMSS25 Europe

At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

#PatientsIncluded statement for SPM’s Second Annual Conference: #SPM2018

My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Quality Data Leads to Better Outcomes, Alignment & Informed Consent at ViVE2023

Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Most People Want Technology to Play a Bigger Role in Their Health Care, ResMed Finds

A Look at HIEs and 2 Perspectives for Data Exchange

Ensuring Precision in Patient Identity: Modern Approaches to Master Data Management

Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Health Gorilla and Amwell Announce Expanded Digital Diagnostic Lab Ordering for Clinicians

BetterHelp Investigation by FTC & Privacy Update by DOJ

SCHIO HIE’s Approach to Identity Management

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Slide Presentation: Patient Data Sharing–NOT Hoarding–is the New Normal

Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

AI Front and Center at 2023 eClinicalWorks Health Centers Summit

How many tries does it take to flip a physician?

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

The Role of Health Information Management in Improving the Accuracy and Accessibility of Patient Information Across Different Healthcare Systems

BetterHelp Investigation by FTC & Privacy Update by DOJ

Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

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