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health consumers the importance of personal health data as an asset — that’s both a personal one and, in aggregate mashed up with fellow health citizens’ data — a publichealth asset. .” The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S.
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Data of all kinds has an important role in publichealth, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • Robert Havasy, Senior Director, ConnectedHealth, HIMSS. Lane, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Clinical Informatics Director, Privacy, Information Security & Interoperability, Sutter Health.
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