Digital Health Global

JANUARY 16, 2024

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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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. That brings us to another of the four health citizenship pillars: trust.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2021

Cuomo's proposal would make permanent many flexibilities that are currently in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Charlie Baker signed into law a wide-ranging bill that includes expanding access to telehealth after the COVID-19 public health emergency abates. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2025

Kamya Elawadhi, Chief Client Officer at Doceree Digital health tools, like telemedicine and mobile apps, play a key role in improving healthcare knowledge and better managing public health. Once this is achieved, the road to greater adoption across diverse groups has more potential as well as promotion of trust.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

State laws and policies should also define consumer health data with the uniform language defined as protected health information under HIPAA, the group said in its announcement this week. Earlier this year, ATA and ATA Action led a groundswell of commentary on the U.S.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Articles authored by a member of a journals editorial team are independently peer reviewed; an editor will have no input or influence on the peer review process or publication decision for their own article. As specialists in health information and technology, we recognise that research alone is insufficient.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

.” Civic Engagement is a Social Determinant of Health , Eileen titled this piece in which she discusses philanthropy’s role in both strengthening democracy and bolstering public health. disproportionate risks to mortality due to complications from COVID-19, which I discussed here in Health Populi). .”

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Quincy has great trust in this health care system, appreciating that customization also takes into account peoples’ values, ethnicities, and clinical needs. Clinicians partner with patients, often in teams and group-based care. The lack of continuity of care due to fragmentation adds to the cost of care in this health care world.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In health care, we have a plethora of standards for linking health information from disparate data sets. “Countries are ‘data rich and insights poor,'” the OECD chapter on digital health at a glance concludes. and Germany ranking in the bottom three. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The four-day summit focused on the evolving role of HIE, new interoperability successes and the valuable implications of harnessing data to advance health equity.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Digital health encompasses electronic health (eHealth) and mobile health (mHealth), which leverage electronic platforms and mobile technologies, including wearable devices and apps, to provide health information and services. billion in 2016 to a staggering 6.3 billion in 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Webinar options: Southern California Telemedicine Learning Center , American Telemedicine Association and Midwest Alliance for Health Education. Amwell’s Online Care Group (OCG) is an online medical practice that connects providers with patients through live video visits. To join the Online Care Group, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Regulators, for their part, have tried to smooth the way for a pivot to virtual during the public health emergency. "Early on, CMS relaxed several administrative requirements; that resulted in physician relief, at least for the duration of the public health emergency."

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. Three Important Considerations for ONC and the Health IT Community .

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 30, 2024

The statewide nonprofit health information organization will send and receive Admit, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) notifications at no cost for most CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants through new exchange EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS

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TheraNest

MARCH 18, 2020

If your client’s private health information is compromised due to using a non-HIPAA compliant telehealth platform, the consequences for your client are still the same even if you do not get fined. Private health information that is compromised may result in economic harm, embarrassment, or discrimination for the client.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). That data can reveal important information that might not make it into the patient’s own record, such as an emergency room visit.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb?

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2023

The following is a guest article by Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP, Family Medicine Physician and Chief Medical Officer of the Clinician Solutions Team at 3M ’s Health Information Systems Division The release of ChatGPT has ignited dueling flames of excitement and concern regarding the potential of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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EMR Healthcare Innovation Public Health Health Information 60

Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting. Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization's health information technology platform team.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. Under this final rule, individuals and entities that violate the information-blocking requirements face a penalty of up to $1 million per violation.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 28, 2018

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. Danny is an internist, completed a fellowship in clinical computing at Beth Israel Hospital and a Master of Public Health at Harvard.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Maintaining the privacy of that information is known as the clinician’s duty to maintain confidentiality. HIPAA regulations focus on compliance with rules to ensure the privacy and security of health information, whether that data is in the form of a document, a remote patient monitoring score, a recording, an image, or an app.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Federal Citizen Services at Maximus.

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E-CareManagement

JUNE 27, 2021

This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • Lane, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Clinical Informatics Director, Privacy, Information Security & Interoperability, Sutter Health.

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E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • Lane, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Clinical Informatics Director, Privacy, Information Security & Interoperability, Sutter Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The large insurance companies, hospitals, and healthcare systems have signed on to health information exchange and will mandate that any business conducted with them will require vendors to use the data exchanges they support. That said, we are already seeing a Walmart-style model being deployed.

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