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Social Media Platforms: NAM’s advice for credible health information

Digital Health Global

Recognizing the impact these platforms can have on shaping public understanding of health matters, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has put forth essential principles and attributes in their paper titled “ Identifying Credible Sources of Health Information in Social Media: Principles and Attributes.

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Hundreds of groups ask governors to expand telehealth licensure flexibilities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The expiration of such flexibilities, said the groups, could abruptly prevent some patients from seeing their doctors virtually – a particularly troubling matter for immunocompromised people still at risk for COVID-19. Health systems such as Intermountain Healthcare, Mayo Clinic, Mass General Brigham and Nemours Children's Health.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – November 20, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week.

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COVID-19: Lessons from Thailand’s BIDI & Samitivej Group of Hospitals

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

BIDI, which is under the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in Thailand, is a 240-bed tertiary care hospital with 1000 staff under normal circumstances, Dr Sirikwin explained. Samitivej and BNH Group of Hospitals operate under Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), the largest private hospital network in Thailand.

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TEFCA Is Live – Clarifying Common Misperceptions

Healthcare IT Today

At eHealth Exchange, which is one of the first Qualified Health Information Networks™ (QHINs™) under TEFCA, we have a front-row seat to the framework’s ongoing implementation. Currently, eHealth Exchange is one of seven Designated QHINs exchanging health information via TEFCA. But we believe that is a mistake.

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Healthcare Interoperability is Falling Short. How Do We Address It?

Healthcare IT Today

However, the industry has stalled on connecting many hospitals and ambulatory providers to a national network – and the challenge is greater among other types of care provider groups (post-acute care, home health, and emergency medical services, for example), other stakeholder groups (including payers and federal agencies), and consumers.

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

Pew collaborated with Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research to conduct a survey in June and July 2020 among 1,213 U.S. adults 18 and over to determine peoples’ perspectives on personal health information in light of their pandemic era experiences. ” The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S.