HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

As AI technologies require vast amounts of data to improve accuracy and efficacy, the question of how to protect patient privacy while leveraging data insights becomes increasingly complex. In medicine – as opposed to, say, advertising – data is a public good.

Health Data 111

Health Data Accountability Regulations Healthcare 111

Triage Health Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Key Takeaway : Organizations must conduct a fact-based analysis to determine whether health data collection and tracking technology deployed on their websites and mobile apps complies with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and other applicable laws and guidance.

Regulations 59

Regulations Health Data Accountability Hospitals 59

Triage Health Law

JANUARY 3, 2023

Key Takeaway : Organizations must conduct a fact-based analysis to determine whether health data collection and tracking technology deployed on their websites and mobile apps complies with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and other applicable laws and guidance.

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Regulations Health Data Accountability 52

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 20, 2023

The TNAP program is designed to accommodate stakeholders that will exchange data, including QHINs, other health information networks, health information exchanges, accountable care organizations, data registries, labs, providers, payers, vendors, and suppliers.

Health Data 98

Health Data Accountable Care Accountability Healthcare 98

Bill Of Health

APRIL 4, 2024

Cross-sectoral EU laws First and foremost, the product as a whole must comply with the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and the specific norms incorporated therein, as well as with GDPR requirements and ESG considerations, just to name a few. AI regulation has, for the most part, been sectoral rather than cross-sectoral.

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Regulations Accountability Health Data Patient Safety 115

NCQA

APRIL 8, 2025

So far, were hearing one theme loud and clear: We must continue to engage in collaborative dialogue and build partnerships among health plans, care delivery organizations, clinicians and the community. Patient-generated health data can help identify trends and encourage involvement of care teams.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Regulations Accountability Health Data 52

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. This week, Ken Mandl and Eric Perakslis co-wrote an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine on HIPAA and the “leak of ‘deidentified’ EHR data.”

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Regulations Health Data Accountability Prevention 173

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2022

Fortune 50 companies already use Replica’s technology to enable fast and effective access to high utility, synthetic versions of health data across their organizations while meeting regulatory obligations and compliance with privacy laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the U.S.

Life Sciences 98

Life Sciences Regulations Accountability Health Data 98

Bill Of Health

AUGUST 18, 2021

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) health apps, such as apps that manage our diet, fitness, and sleep, are becoming ubiquitous in our digital world. These apps provide a window into some of the key issues in the world of digital health — including data privacy, data access, data ownership, bias, and the regulation of health technology.

Biotechnology 98

Biotechnology Regulations Accountability Health Data 98

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 22, 2023

By taking a minimalist approach to data collection, companies not only reduce the amount of sensitive information at risk but also simplify data management. This approach aligns with the principle of data minimization, a key aspect of privacy regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and HIPAA.

Healthcare 133

Healthcare Life Sciences Healthcare Data Security Regulations 133

Bill Of Health

MAY 20, 2024

This includes addressing potential specific AI-related risks—such as biases, discrimination, and data poisoning—as well as ensuring data security and privacy, and delineating liability for failures or harm caused by these technologies. The legal landscape regarding the applicability of liability law to AI is evolving rapidly.

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Regulations Healthcare Biotechnology Accountability 45

HIT Consultant

JULY 11, 2024

It’s no secret the healthcare industry amasses a fortune of personally identifiable information (PII) and health data. Despite longstanding privacy and security regulations, hackers are often successful. In 2017, the regulator warned the radio-frequency-enabled devices manufactured by St. Jude Medical had a critical flaw.

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Regulations Accountability Hospitals Prevention 115

HIT Consultant

JUNE 16, 2022

When it comes to your health and treatment, hospitals leverage a variety of sensors and instruments to collect the necessary information to monitor and diagnose your health status. The opportunities are seemingly endless, but what are the challenges associated with unlocking this type of health data for the consumer market?

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Integration Healthcare Home Care Health Data 98

Bill Of Health

JUNE 18, 2024

Those good intentions notwithstanding, the current health data landscape is dramatically different from when the organizational author of the plan, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, formed two decades ago.

Doctors 87

Doctors Accountability Regulations Health Data 87

Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 12, 2022

Data available for PCOR research are fragmented across a variety of databases. Available data often collected for payment and treatment purposes. Claims and EHR data, however, may miss significant social determinants of health. Data replication crisis.

Regulations 111

Regulations Integration Accountability Health Data 111

Bill Of Health

JUNE 13, 2023

Balancing competitiveness with the need for risk prevention, Europe aims to become a major digital player through its AI framework strategy, particularly in the field of digital health. It also takes into account the treaties in force or emerging at the level of the Council of Europe and its 46 Member States.

Regulations 78

Regulations Prevention Health Data Doctors 78

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

million in five years— health IT developers need to take several facts into account while mapping out their API strategy. Another issue is that it could be complicated to use FHIR extensions and profiles, which are necessary to deal with specialty health data, due to their need for deep domain knowledge.

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Healthcare Accountability Health Data Integration 98

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Tom Liddell, Harmony Healthcare IT CEO Rules and regulations protecting consumer data often burden businesses, no matter your industry. These safeguards become even more demanding as consumers and government agencies call for increased transparency and access to personal data. Healthcare is no exception.

Regulations 98

Regulations Integration Accountability Hospitals 98

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Personal email, messaging apps, and mobile devices are all other venues for shadow IT to create problems, as clinicians use personal devices and accounts to send information to colleagues. This, in turn, can destroy a hospital’s reputation and even its business.

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Prevention Hospitals Integration Hospital IT 111

Etactics

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Due to medical offices handling confidential patient documentation, it is important to understand the rules and regulations that would apply. The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act also known as HIPAA is a prime example. HIPAA requires healthcare providers to protect patient health data.

Prevention 52

Prevention Integration Healthcare Providers Regulations 52

Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

The first RFI to issue was the one seeking input on the regulations implementing the Stark law and the federal anti-kickback statute (See: Stark and AKS RFI and public comments ). The original HIPAA regulations were drafted by HHS in the absence of any particular statutory framework. Hey, coordinated care is a good idea.

Regulations 60

Regulations Accountability Health Data Healthcare 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

The first RFI to issue was the one seeking input on the regulations implementing the Stark law and the federal anti-kickback statute (See: Stark and AKS RFI and public comments ). The original HIPAA regulations were drafted by HHS in the absence of any particular statutory framework. Hey, coordinated care is a good idea.

Regulations 60

Regulations Accountability Health Data Healthcare 60

Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Namely, legal protections concerning personal health data may not apply when the entity offering the service is decidedly not a “provider.” To illustrate the issue, consider that the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) expressly covers genetic information as a form of health data.

Biotechnology 64

Biotechnology Regulations Medical Services Health Data 64

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

And, after COVID-19 further exposed deeply rooted health disparities across communities, the Quintuple Aim. Achieving health equity is now a primary goal for providers, payers, regulators, and patient advocates seeking to ensure that healthcare is accessible and effective for all.

Remote Care 111

Remote Care Primary Care Regulations Accountability 111

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Regulators have increasingly prioritized diversity in clinical trials , with the FDA releasing draft guidance in April 2022. One of the many ways Patient Advocacy Organizations work to address diversity and ease the patient burden is through the use of advanced data technologies.

Health Data 98

Health Data Regulations Accountability Healthcare 98

NASHP

JULY 24, 2023

This toolkit is a resource for policymakers interested in strategies to address prescription drug prices through pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation and oversight. State Legislative Action Regulating PBMs is a legislative priority for states to lower prescription drug costs. For additional information, email Zoe Torrey.

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Medicaid Regulations Pharmaceuticals Accountability 52

Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Collaborating with industry experts and adhering to best practices, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare provides innovative data and AI solutions, enabling organizations to manage diverse health data effectively within a secure and compliant framework. Explore more about Azure Health Data Services.

Life Sciences 67

Life Sciences Healthcare Integration Health Data 67

Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time. In the U.S., 10, 2022.

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Pharmaceuticals Health Data Regulations Accountability 77

Health Business Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Data tokenization by Datavant and HealthVerity enables mixing and matching of disparate sources at the patient level and the generation of valuable clinical and commercial insights. COVID becomes less political.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Primary Care Hospitals Health Data 98

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 15, 2024

These algorithms account for background noise, medical terminology, and speaker variations, ensuring high accuracy. ▪ Integration with EHR Systems: Most tools are designed to seamlessly integrate with existing EHR systems, enabling all patient data to be stored centrally and easily accessed by authorized personnel.

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Integration General Practice Healthcare Providers Telemedicine 98

Triage Health Law

JUNE 20, 2023

CS/CS/SB 264 also amended Florida licensure requirements for qualifying health care providers, obligating licensees to comply with the amended requirements of the Act, particularly as related to the security and storage of personal medical information outside of U.S. health data) to foreign jurisdictions. HIPAA and the Act.

Health Data 59

Health Data Nursing Regulations Public Health services 59

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

Given tone and tenor of the day, and particularly among mass population, healthcare may continue to see increasing demands for change and regulation,” Susan Isenberg, Edelman’s head of healthcare, notes in her observations of the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer. What might account for this drop in trust for healthcare providers?

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Healthcare Life Sciences Hospitals Pharmaceuticals 83

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Health care is delivered through an omnichannel platform accessible to all consumers, tailored for personalization. Quincy has great trust in this health care system, appreciating that customization also takes into account peoples’ values, ethnicities, and clinical needs. to account for ruining our mental health.

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Healthcare Tertiary Care Primary Care Medicare 77

Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2024

What additional legal or regulatory guardrails would you imagine could be useful for confronting growing risks for cyberattacks in health care in the U.S.? Richard: I think cybersecurity is close to having the equivalent of what accounting went through two decades ago with Sarbanes-Oxley. Criminals don’t have to follow the rules.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Regulations Patient Safety Hospitals 62

Lexis Nexis

MARCH 31, 2023

And when it comes to healthcare data, understanding these nuances and aligning on definitions make a big difference in protecting such sensitive health data information. In healthcare, de-identified health data matters. Sometimes simple words have complex meanings and implications and can even vary by industry.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Life Sciences Health Data Accountability 52

Etactics

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

During this time, there were no federal regulations protecting health information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the federal law that helps protect your health information. HIPAA’s Privacy and Security Rules help install these regulations. I’m being facetious.

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Regulations Doctors Nursing Health Data 52

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Among those people who do not yet use health apps or wearable tech for health, cost is the top reason they haven’t adopted digital health tools, Morning Consult found. Why do people own and use health wearables? In a distant third place is encouragement in losing or controlling weight (13%).

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