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HHS Finalizes Rules to Penalize Healthcare Providers Engaging in Information Blocking

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new final rule today aimed at preventing information blocking in healthcare. – The final rule establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who engage in practices that interfere with a patient’s access to their electronic health information (EHI).

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FTC Strengthens Health Data Breach Notification Rule to Protect Consumers

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What You Should Know: – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized significant changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) , aiming to improve consumer protection in the digital age. This ensures these platforms are held accountable for safeguarding health data.

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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

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Digitalisation in healthcare holds the promise of optimising processes and expanding access to care. In the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, individual healthcare providers offer their own patient portals. This means if a person visits multiple facilities, they must use different portals to access their health data.

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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data

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Information-blocking rules now in effect have expanded the variety and types of data healthcare organizations are subject to under the 21st Century Cures Act, and there are still a lot of misconceptions about requirements and how to comply. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. ON THE RECORD. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Microsoft releases data-driven updates for healthcare cloud

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Microsoft this week unveiled new capabilities to help solve some common roadblocks to enhancing patient engagement and effective health team collaboration, and to help support healthcare organizations more easily leveraging their enterprise data warehousing to fuel clinical and operational analytics. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Why The Time Is Now for Healthcare Provider Cloud Migration

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Rick Froehlich, President and Chief Executive Officer at ClearDATA It’s no secret that healthcare is a slow-moving industry. Once data is shifted, the real trick is keeping it all secure, especially for data that’s more sensitive, as is typically seen in the healthcare industry.

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23andMe Launches Health Action Plan Based on Genetic/Health Data

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It offers customers specific actions and next steps on their health journey. – 23andMe reminds customers that they should not use Health Action Plan to replace a visit to their primary healthcare provider.