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Self-sovereign identity (SSI) - the future of Health Data?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Self-sovereign identity (SSI) holds immense potential to revolutionize the future of health data, empowering individuals to take control of their information and fostering a more secure, transparent, and patient-centric healthcare ecosystem.

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Bonus Features – June 26, 2022 – Walgreens gets into clinical trials, ONC offering SDOH grants, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has some money for you. The latest Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT funding opportunity will award grants to applicants working in two areas. The first is addressing health equity and SDOH using a combination of open-source technology and EHR systems.

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Asaya and medical cannabis care in the era of personalised medicine

Lloyd Price

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted widespread use of real-world data (1). Desperate for medical insights without delay, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and government agencies turned to health information captured through real-world data sources. The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.

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Digital Health v HealthTech: What is the difference?

Lloyd Price

Wearable devices: These are devices that are worn on the body and can track health data such as heart rate, sleep, and activity levels. Biotechnology: This is the use of living organisms to develop new medical products and services. Examples include telehealth, e-prescriptions, and patient portals.

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Virtual Care – negotiating barriers to adoption offers glimpses of an exciting future

Lloyd Price

Virtual care also generates a wealth of patient data captured in real-time reporting across patient populations, health information, treatment responses, lifestyle patterns and medication adherence. Digital health companies can help identify new drug targets, design clinical trials and analyse data more effectively.

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New Blockchain ledger will let US residents sell personal Healthcare data

Lloyd Price

Most people don't know it but there is a multi-billion dollar industry that collects healthcare information, strips it of basic personal identifiers such as name, address and Social Security Number, and then sells it off to researchers, drug developers, marketers and others. "It's not fair. . "Despite

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2019, Fitbit unveiled a more data-driven personal health subscription service for consumers that, among other features, generates personal reports that a user can download and share with their physician, nutritionist or personal trainer. Another product is called the eCareCompanion patient application.