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Health Commons Project Completes Acquisition of OneHealthPort to Advance Healthcare Innovation and Access across Washington State

Healthcare IT Today

Health Commons Project , a leading nonprofit dedicated to improving healthcare access and quality through technology and innovation, today announced it has completed the acquisition of OneHealthPort , Washington State’s Health Information Exchange (HIE) and prominent provider of health data solutions.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S. A huge role often times.

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Lavita AI Raises $5M Seed Financing to Launch the First Patient-Driven Health Information Marketplace to Accelerate Life Sciences Innovation

Digital Health Global

Lavita’s decentralized platform provides a privacy-preserving infrastructure to securely share and analyze health data, and brings ownership, control, and value of health data back to individuals. Lavita platform will enable numerous applications within life science research, biopharma development, and healthcare innovation.

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HealthTech Scotland: NHS to launch new Health and Social care app as a ‘Digital Front Door’ for patients

Lloyd Price

Source: [link] NHS Scotland's new health and social care app is designed to significantly enhance patient self-management. Here's how: Increased Access to Information: Health Information: Access to reliable health information and resources, empowering patients to make informed decisions about their health.

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HIMSS Davies Award winners boost quality with AI, telehealth and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“I am so proud of the professionals in our health information technology organization that push the boundaries of IT through collaborative and creative thinking and dedication to our mission.

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TEFCA’s Moment and Policy Changes on the Horizon: A Conversation with Eric Musser at NCQA

Healthcare IT Today

Musser highlighted that TEFCA (Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement) is gaining momentum as more industry players, like Oracle and Epic, commit to becoming Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). This will mean a relatively stable foundation for healthcare innovation.

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Patient Privacy at Risk: The Hidden Flaws in Healthcare Data De-Identification (And How to Fix Them)

Healthcare IT Today

To avoid negatively impacting biomedical research, the Privacy Rule carved out exceptions for the use of protected health information (PHI) in research , as well as the use of limited data sets , and determined that de-identified data was not considered PHI.

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