Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data
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MAY 19, 2023
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Consumers more discerning about health data sharing: survey
Health Care Dive
MARCH 21, 2024
While respondents were largely willing to share their data, consumers have become pickier about who they’ll offer their information to, according to a Rock Health survey.
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State AGs urge Apple to protect consumers’ reproductive health data
Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Apps holding sensitive health data should be required to delete nonessential information and clearly inform consumers what information they share with parties such as law enforcement, the 10 state attorneys general said.
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UnitedHealth confirms ransom, compromised health data from Change attack
Health Care Dive
APRIL 23, 2024
More than 20 screenshots of potentially stolen patient data were posted on the dark web for about a week, the insurer said Monday.
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FTC slaps GoodRx with $1.5M fine for sharing users' health data with Facebook, Google
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
fine for sharing users' health data with Facebook, Google aburky Wed, 02/01/2023 - 15:28 FTC slaps GoodRx with $1.5M
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FTC Strengthens Health Data Breach Notification Rule to Protect Consumers
HIT Consultant
APRIL 29, 2024
Key Updates to Health Breach Notification Rule Summary Focus on Health Apps and Emerging Technologies: The revised rule clarifies its application to health apps and similar technologies not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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HHS finalizes reproductive health data protections
Health Care Dive
APRIL 23, 2024
HIPAA-covered entities will be barred from disclosing patient records on abortion, IVF or other reproductive healthcare that could be used in an investigation.
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DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 9, 2023
DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports pminemyer Thu, 03/09/2023 - 11:07
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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 5, 2023
While individuals have expressed privacy concerns, the majority of patients want to have their healthcare records readily available and many say they want to download their health data to mobile devices.
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TEFCA goes live in ‘Big Bang’ for health data exchange
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Five Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, completed the onboarding process and are ready for data exchange, with more companies in the pipeline.
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Cerebral shared private health data on 3.1M users for years with advertisers, social media platforms
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 16, 2023
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Truveta's health data platform launches with $200M, insights on COVID breakthrough infections
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Truveta's health data platform launches with $200M, insights on COVID breakthrough infections. Tue, 11/09/2021 - 14:59.
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The International Weaponization of Health Data
Bill Of Health
OCTOBER 18, 2022
International collaboration through the sharing of health data is crucial for advancing human health. In particular, as countries increasingly have begun to recognize health data as a vital national resource, the impulse to protect such data has risen as well. citizens’ health data with China.
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TEFCA goes live in 'Big Bang' for nationwide health data sharing
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Seven years in the making, a nationwide network to exchange patient data called the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement is now operational, marking a critical step in establishing unive | Seven years in the making, a nationwide network to exchange patient data called the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement is now operational, (..)
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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Among the key findings, Software Advice learned that, 9 in 10 patients (again, health-engaged wearable tech-adopters) were interested in sharing data from their devices with their physicians. This proportion of folks interested in sharing their wearable health data grew from 56% in 2021 to 91% in 2023.
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Generative AI can identify social determinants of health data in notes, study finds
Health Care Dive
JANUARY 12, 2024
Finely tuned models showed success in consistently extracting information like housing or employment status that often isn’t systematically organized in clinical notes.
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FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 18, 2023
FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data aburky Thu, 05/18/2023 - 12:23
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Protected health data may have been compromised during Ascension cyberattack
Health Care Dive
JUNE 13, 2024
Hackers gained access to the major nonprofit’s systems early last month after a worker accidentally downloaded a malicious file, Ascension said.
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New Incentive Program for Exchanging Public Health Data Launches
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
What You Should Know: – eHealth Exchange , a health information exchange network, is offering an incentive program to encourage early adoption of public health data sharing. Reduced Costs: Efficient data exchange can help public health agencies operate more efficiently and allocate resources more effectively.
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Digital pharmacy startup Truepill confirms hackers accessed health data for 2.3M users
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Postmeds, doing business as Truepill, confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of more than 2.3 Postmeds, doing business as Truepill, confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of more than 2.3 million patients. million patients.
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The continued & evolving role of digital fax in health data exchange
Healthcare It News
JULY 8, 2022
Sponsor: Concord Technologies Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Interoperability Patient Engagement Privacy & Security Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: The continued & evolving role of digital fax in health data exchange Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: Exclude (..)
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General Catalyst, a16z and Rock Health back Ribbon Health's $43.5M series B to build out health data platform
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
General Catalyst, a16z and Rock Health back Ribbon Health's $43.5M series B to build out health data platform. Tue, 11/16/2021 - 16:32.
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23andMe Launches Health Action Plan Based on Genetic/Health Data
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 31, 2023
In addition to suggestions on altering activities like sleep, diet, and exercise, other recommendations include learning about potential new treatments or activities for conditions, as well as entering additional health data, like diagnoses or family history, to further personalize recommendations.
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Roundup: MedTech Europe welcomes European Health Data Space, AI detects interval breast cancers, and more briefs
Healthcare It News
MAY 6, 2022
MedTech Europe welcomes launch of European Health Data Space. The European Commission this week launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will allow citizens to access their health data in any EU member state. NHSE tech director Harjeet Dhalival to join Palantir.
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FTC orders GoodRx to stop sharing users’ health data with advertisers, issues $1.5M fine
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The digital health company allegedly collected data, including patient medications, and shared it without user consent. FTC officials said they are putting the market on watch with the enforcement against GoodRx.
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The Future of Human Health May Require Unlocking Access to Our Health Data
HIT Consultant
APRIL 22, 2024
We should, for example, develop ethical guidelines around health data that account not only for the privacy of patients (as GDPR and HIPAA do) but also for the benefits that new innovative technologies can bring to patient care. In medicine – as opposed to, say, advertising – data is a public good.
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Amid growing concern about data privacy, Invitae shines spotlight on how it uses de-identified health data
Fierce Healthcare
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Amid growing concern about data privacy, Invitae shines spotlight on how it uses de-identified health data. Wed, 12/07/2022 - 18:35.
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Health Data Privacy: Majority of Patients Demand Accountability, Transparency
HIT Consultant
JULY 28, 2022
What You Should Know: – A new examination of patient perspectives on health data privacy illustrates unresolved tension over the eroding security and confidentiality of personal health information in a wired society and economy. This concern is magnified with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. .
Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
The industry will never topple barriers to health equity without changing the way providers and payers approach health data. For example, many companies are not aggregating the data they already have to generate insights.
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Health data breaches slowing from 2021's record high, report suggests
Health Care Dive
JULY 19, 2022
1 cause of breaches for the sixth year in a row, according to a new report from Fortified Health Security. Malicious attacks were the No.
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Smile Digital Health Closes $30M to Expand Health Data Fabric Platform
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 27, 2023
doing business as Smile Digital Health) (“Smile”), a FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider raises $30M in Series B growth capital led by existing investors including UPMC Enterprises. What You Should Know: – Smile CDR Inc.
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HHS proposes rule shoring up HIPAA to protect reproductive health data, including around abortions
Health Care Dive
APRIL 12, 2023
Privacy lawyers said the regulation, if finalized, would insulate physicians from the chilling effect of abortion bans, freeing them to have honest conversations with patients about their healthcare options — even in states where abortion is illegal.
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Samsung, b.well partner to collect health data on Galaxy smartphones
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Users will also be able to schedule appointments with select providers — including Walgreens, ThedaCare, Lee Health and Rise Health — through the Samsung Health app.
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Readers Write: Strengthening the Net: The FTC’s Expanded Reach on Health Data Protection
HIStalk
MAY 29, 2024
Strengthening the Net: The FTC’s Expanded Reach on Health Data.
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House oversight committee launches investigation into reproductive health data collection
Health Care Dive
JULY 11, 2022
The committee sent letters to five data broker companies and five personal health apps requesting information on how they store and share user data.
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Patientory Launches Blockchain App Enabling Patients to Earn Money for Their Health Data
HIT Consultant
APRIL 5, 2023
Patientory is a consumer-facing mobile dApp putting patients in control of the data they create but previously a challenge to control being confined to patient portals.
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CDC contracts health data collective Truveta to study COVID, maternal health and pediatric care
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 22, 2024
Truveta, the real-world data analysis company backed by dozens of health systems and other life sciences groups, won a multi-million-dollar contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent | The real-world data collective won a multi-million-dollar contract, which will give government researchers access to the deidentified patient records (..)
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Health Gorilla Launches Patient Access Solution Enabling Access to Health Data from Health Information Networks
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Accessing comprehensive data seamlessly from national exchanges has traditionally been limited to specific use-cases, such as treatment.
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Governing Health Data for Research, Development, and Innovation: The Missteps of the European Health Data Space Proposal
Bill Of Health
MARCH 23, 2023
By Enrique Santamaría Together with the Data Governance Act (DGA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) will most likely form the new regulatory and governance framework for the use of health data in the European Union.
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Vulnerabilities in health data privacy causing tension among patients
Healthcare It News
JULY 25, 2022
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Singapore to Pass Comprehensive Health Data Law
Triage Health Law
DECEMBER 13, 2023
On December 4, 2023, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (Ministry) announced that the nation’s first ever comprehensive health data law, the Health Information Bill (Bill), will be introduced in mid-2024. A set of Cyber & Data Security Guidelines for Healthcare Providers (Guidelines) was also published.
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Maryland Passes Legislation for HIE to Operate as State Health Data Utility
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
What You Should Know: – Maryland State Legislature has passed inaugural legislation, mandating the state-designated health information exchange (HIE), CRISP , to operate as the state-designated health data utility (HDU) beginning Oct. Why It Matters.
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Sharing is caring – app aims to fill gaps in health-data infrastructure
Healthy Debate
JUNE 7, 2022
The post Sharing is caring – app aims to fill gaps in health-data infrastructure appeared first on Healthy Debate.
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U.S. Virgin Islands Launches Health Data Interoperability Pilot
HIT Consultant
JUNE 26, 2023
signed a Letter of Intent with CRISP Shared Services to participate in a health data interoperability pilot program that will lay the foundation for OHIT’s Health Information Exchange in the Territory. What You Should Know: U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert Bryan Jr.
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