Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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. TEFCA like health information networks (HINs) bring non-HIPAA entities (no direct/indirect healthcare service operations) but at a large scale and with broader coverage.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2021

For most young people, the public health crisis has been more about that social distancing from friends, a collective sense of isolation, and mental and behavioral health impacts. sought health information online in 2020, a slight decline from 2018. Some 8 in 10 younger people in the U.S.

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KevinMD

MARCH 3, 2019

Since the passing of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, it has been said that health tech would dramatically revolutionize health care and the patient experience.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2021

And most patients would also want access to information on their mental, behavioral, and substance use history. A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. Patients in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2021

Rapid exchange of patient data is crucial not only for coordinating care, but for research and public health.

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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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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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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A lesser-known component of ARRA was Title XIII, the HITECH Act, which funded hospitals’ and physicians’ adoption of electronic health records systems (EHRs). The policy’s acronym fully spelled-out was the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2019

In addition to the food supply impact for the Planet Earth’s patients, climate change impacts public health in many other ways. The American Public Health Association founded the Center for Climate.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

I discussed that important public health/economic challenge here in Health Populi from a RAND report.]. Health Populi’s Hot Points: A new study from Weber Shandwick and KRC asked a question that speaks to consumers’ trust and willingness to engage with different sources of health information.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The New Zealand government is committed to "grow the opportunities" for people to use digital tools to access and use their health information, make appointments, receive phone and video consultations and use equipment to monitor their health at home. In Budget 2022, the government invested NZ$11.1 billion ($6.5

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

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 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

OCTOBER 27, 2022

More granularly, most consumers (over two-thirds) were concerned about allowing apps or sites to access their location data, online banking, accepting cookies on sites, creating new accounts on apps or sites, sharing health information with apps or sites, online shopping, paying bills, and so on. Few people in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2022

Over the next three months, the government is distributing over 20 million units of personal protective equipment to GPs, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and GP Respiratory Clinics. The service has commenced this week in Queensland with other states to follow shortly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Associations such as HIMSS (parent company of Healthcare IT News ), the American Health Information Management Association, the American Telemedicine Association, the American Pharmacists Association and the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare. The organizations asked state governors and legislatures. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2021

The following is a guest article by Stephanie Jamison, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Greenway Health, a leading health information technology services provider.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

.” This last chart comes from Sanjula’s Compass publication arraying patient-consumers’ views on health care affordability (costs) by insurance status, race/ethnicity, and income, along with Americans’ trust in health information by source.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . The expanded definition of EHI now includes virtually any health information tied to an individual that is used in decision making.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

At HIMSS, we sat down to talk with CommonWell Health Alliance to learn about their passion for interoperability and some of the latest happenings with the CommonWell community. Their membership and clientele have expanded in variety as well as numbers.

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InTouch Health

APRIL 2, 2020

Once the worst of the pandemic was over, several countries changed their approach to healthcare, essentially reorganizing every aspect of public health. As the world continues to respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, learn how some public health crises shaped the evolution of medical technology.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Due to the collective ethos in the community, gun safety has been addressed as a public health issue, and the health care system and employers are committed to assuring cybersecurity and the protection of individuals’ health data. Telehealth happens across the U.S.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that five cooperative agreements to health information exchange organizations (HIEs) to help support state and local public health agencies in their efforts to respond to […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

At the same time, 2 in 3 people were also concerned aobut the privacy of their health information on apps. And there’s the ambivalence of “concerned embrace” of digital health. This isn’t a universal belief among all health citizens, but a majority still embracing science for medicine].

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange An FDA project aims to make it as easy as possible for clinicians to report adverse drug events and share important clinical data with public health agencies to investigate the event.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 23, 2020

The article Statements from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Interoperability Flexibilities amid the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this video, President Jay Nakashima explains the role they play, particularly in public health, scaling FHIR and TEFCA. eHealth Exchange is working with the industry and with regulators to improve response rates so public health agencies can get the data they need to protect Americans health.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Through working on population health and finding what does and doesn’t work, public health initiatives have evolved. Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA, Global Chief Medical Officer, Health Information Systems at Solventum I am particularly excited by the focus on improving maternal outcomes by incorporating evidence and research.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 22, 2024

ON THE RECORD "Actively utilising Korea’s world-class ICT technology to promote information exchange between hospitals will be an effective solution to address the lack of regional medical personnel and infrastructure," Koh Hyung-Woo, director of MOHW Advanced Medical Support commented.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 8, 2025

Easier access to electronic prescriptions will increase the use of the app, providing a much-needed boost to the popularity of My Health Record with consumers and providers. A new consumer campaign driven by the Department of Health and Aged Care will encourage greater uptake by consumers and providers.

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Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2020

In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumers to Health Citizens , I conclude with a call-to-action and my own question: “What if…people in America were Health Citizens, where the government ensured health care as a social and civil right, health informed public policy, and people owned and controlled their heatlh data?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 15, 2021

” Enterprise Taxonomy: Finance Population and Public Health Workflow Business Care Process. “We look forward to our strategic partnership with Bupa Arabia to help us achieve our mission and prepare us for our next stage of growth.”

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 30, 2019

It was such a beautiful, logical vision: The creation of “an electronic circulatory system for health information that nourishes the practice of medicine, research, and public health, making health care professionals better at what they do and the American people healthier,” as David Blumenthal, the […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

It will use the health information taken from regular monitoring to promote clinical decisions and actions that will improve patient well-being and outcomes. In addition, the project will form a new digital health workforce by training doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in both hospital and primary care.

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