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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We talk a lot about sharing data and how it will improve patient outcomes and interoperability, but do we talk enough about how to do it safely? Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom.

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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. These tools helped to keep us safe during the pandemic and are now working to ease the burden healthcare can have on people.

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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.

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Meta Faces Legal Firestorm As Hospitals Cite Its Pixel Tool In Health Data Breaches

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Two health systems have become the latest healthcare organizations to name a web tracking tool created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as responsible for their data breach. Both of the recent incidents, which were announced in mid-October, involved a Meta tracking tool known as Meta Pixel.

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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

As part of their intake process, the team checked Alex’s (a pseudonym) medical history through the hospital’s health information organization and discovered the patient had recently undergone a cardiac surgery at a different hospital; their post-surgical issues had merely mimicked a neurological challenge.

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

JSK: What’s your origin story with health information security? The online communities that resonated with me were all about leveraging this new tool called the internet to make the world a better place. Individuals have a fundamental right to dictate who and when their health information is leveraged.

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Particle Health’s Latest White Paper Offers the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Health Information Network (HIN) Data Exchange Performance Metrics to Date

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 25, 2023

The report also details critical information on how to successfully leverage HIN data when building digital healthcare tools and operating healthcare organizations or digital platforms. A sample of queryable data found that a plurality (about 45%) of health data available on HINs was generated within the past three years.

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Crescendo Health Launches to Improve and Accelerate Clinical Trials By Unlocking Patient Health Data

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

Crescendo Health , an innovative health data company powering the next generation of clinical research, today announced its official launch with a mission to revolutionize how patients contribute real-world data to clinical studies. About Crescendo Health.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S. adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. Some ready-made CSS tools that states will find useful include: .

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Health Data Cloud Leader 1upHealth Raises $40 Million Series C led by Sixth Street Growth

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

1upHealth’s FHIR®-native platform designed for interoperability and modern computing is used by over 75 enterprise organizations including leading national and regional health plans, the highest performing CMS ACOs, international clinical research organizations, and over 20 state Medicaid agencies. “The

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Senators intro bipartisan effort toward modernizing health privacy laws

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, and Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, introduced the Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act this week, aimed at starting the process of modernizing health data use and privacy policies. "As a doctor, the potential of new technology to improve patient care seems limitless.

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

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

. “It is ironic,” they write, “that although patients (and their physicians) still have difficulty obtaining complete medical record information in a timely fashion, the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits massive troves of patients digital health data to traverse the medical-industrial complex unmonitored and unregulated.”

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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.

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Health Data Cloud Leader 1upHealth Raises $40 Million Series C led by Sixth Street Growth

Digital Health Global

APRIL 12, 2023

1upHealth’s FHIR®-native platform designed for interoperability and modern computing is used by over 75 enterprise organizations including leading national and regional health plans, the highest performing CMS ACOs, international clinical research organizations, and over 20 state medicaid agencies. “The

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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.

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. Clinicians’ feeling burnout is the top morale challenge facing U.S.

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How Electronic Health Records Streamline Chronic Care Management with Real-Time Data Integration

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

OCTOBER 7, 2024

That’s where Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Real-Time Health Data Streaming come in. These technologies are revolutionizing modern healthcare, making it easier to manage chronic health conditions through EHR data integration. Learn more about how disease management programs streamline this process.

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The Future of Google Fitbit Labs: A Glimpse into Tomorrow's HealthTech

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Health data analysis: Utilising machine learning and data science to extract meaningful insights from health data. Personalised health recommendations: Providing tailored advice and guidance based on individual health profiles.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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Most Health Consumers Expect Technology To Play a Larger Role As Tech-Angst & Privacy Concerns Grow

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The top-demanded health consumer digital health applications included, The ability to find doctors and make appointments online, for 51% of people. The ability to access all of my health information online, 51%. Finally, 33% of Americans are comfortable (net) sharing their health information with tech companies.

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Cerebral Admits HIPAA Breach, Reports Leak of Data On 3.1 Million Users

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

has admitted that it inappropriately shared private health data on 3.1 million of its users, a problem that arose from its use of pixel-based tracking technologies which gather and share data on people who visit the site. million in civil penalties for failing to let consumers know about unauthorized disclosures of their data.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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How to protect telemedicine from cyberattacks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With more patients accessing care virtually, organizations must prioritize timely software updates and secure communication channels, and identity verification methods to protect sensitive health data. HITRUST is another important framework that goes beyond HIPAA and NIST 2.0.

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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.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

The supply side of digital health tools and tech is growing at a hockey-stick pace. There are mobile apps and remote health monitors, digital therapeutics and wearable tech from head-to-toe. Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals.

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Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This ambivalence will flavor how health citizens will adopt and adapt to the growing digitization of health care, and challenge the healthcare ecosystem’s assumption that patients and caregivers will universally, uniformly engage with medical tools and apps and technologies. Mental health nearly doubling to 25%.

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Remote Patient Monitoring Software: How to Choose the Right Tool for the Provider’s Needs

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 22, 2022

When it comes to healthcare and patient monitoring, there are more tools available, and they have gotten a lot easier to use. In this article, we will provide some tips for choosing the right RPM tool for your clinic or hospital. The type of data you need to monitor. What is Remote Patient Monitoring Software? How Does it Work?

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. Digital literacy combines with health literacy to bolster patient engagement.

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Facebook (Meta) Sued Over Data Privacy Practices in Healthcare With Meta Pixel

Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 10, 2022

Jane Doe, a patient at UCSF Medical Center and Dignity Health Medical Foundation, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company in relation to its health data privacy practices. More About Facebook’s Meta Lawsuit & Data Privacy in Healthcare.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. adults were online health information hunters. By 2017, 8 in 10 U.S. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Human API

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

. “Human API and LexisNexis Risk Solutions can create a more seamless method of delivering sensitive health records while maintaining the industry’s data privacy standards and helping the healthcare and insurance communities improve and protect people’s lives.” To learn more, visit humanapi.co.

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Altera Digital Health’s dbMotion™ Solution Named Top Clinical Data Integration and Interoperability Solution in Black Book Survey

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Healthcare executives and front-line users give solution highest marks for client satisfaction and user experience NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Altera Digital Health , a global health IT leader, today announced that dbMotion Solution earned the No.

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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018.

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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.

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Xealth and Stel Life Team Up, Connecting Patient Health Devices and Care Teams via Cellular Networks

Xealth

MAY 7, 2024

Enrolling the patients is the first step in any remote patient monitoring (RPM) program, but the data needs to be easily accessible by researchers and care teams. Enrolling the patients is the first step in any remote patient monitoring (RPM) program, but the data needs to be easily accessible by researchers and care teams.

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Health Privacy and Security in the Time of TEFCA: Raising the Bar for Trusted Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 20, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dave Cassel, Chief Customer Officer at Health Gorilla and Former Executive Director of Carequality Talking about privacy and security in health information exchange is tricky. As with many things, there are degrees – and when it comes to health data, you can never be too private or too secure.

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Federal Trade Commission Gets Involved in GoodRx Telehealth Company Crackdown

Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The legal action is one of what is likely to be an increasing number of fines issued to telehealth companies profiting from sharing consumers’ health data with advertisers, among other infractions. Under its health Breach Notification, the FTC took enforcement action, imposing a $1.5 million civil penalty against GoodRx.

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Using AI Responsibly and Ethically in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

AI helps geographically dispersed medical teams (and personnel working in the same building or campus) access patient medical data. When used correctly — with the proper safety precautions in place — AI becomes more than a tool with its ability to augment and support human judgment to enhance the patient experience within healthcare.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As the industry increasingly recognizes the importance of data interoperability, healthcare companies are poised at the cusp of a data revolution that could redefine patient care. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.

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Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

EHR Development Standards: New teeth, bigger bite After years of dashed hopes that EHR workflows will achieve true interoperability and allow patients to easily access and share their healthcare data, many are looking at the ONC’s final standards with a skeptical eye and cautious optimism.

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Innovative Remote Health Monitoring Solutions for Blood Oxygen & Physiologic Data

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Remote health monitoring solutions such as remote patient monitoring (RPM), has revolutionized how physicians manage and treat patients, particularly those with chronic conditions. Healthcare providers can now use advanced medical devices to track important health data. These conditions often need regular checks of health data.

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North Carolina launches new stroke registry linked to NC HealthConnex

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2023

The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority, housed within the state's Department of Information Technology, announced this week that it's working North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to launch the N.C. Stroke Registry.

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Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

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Senators intro bipartisan effort toward modernizing health privacy laws

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Health Data Cloud Leader 1upHealth Raises $40 Million Series C led by Sixth Street Growth

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

How Electronic Health Records Streamline Chronic Care Management with Real-Time Data Integration

The Future of Google Fitbit Labs: A Glimpse into Tomorrow's HealthTech

A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Most Health Consumers Expect Technology To Play a Larger Role As Tech-Angst & Privacy Concerns Grow

Cerebral Admits HIPAA Breach, Reports Leak of Data On 3.1 Million Users

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How to protect telemedicine from cyberattacks

Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

Remote Patient Monitoring Software: How to Choose the Right Tool for the Provider’s Needs

Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Facebook (Meta) Sued Over Data Privacy Practices in Healthcare With Meta Pixel

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Human API

Altera Digital Health’s dbMotion™ Solution Named Top Clinical Data Integration and Interoperability Solution in Black Book Survey

Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

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