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Alexandra Hospital leverages cloud-based service to help patients avoid preventable chronic disease

Healthcare It News

Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health technology company ConnectedLife and Fitbit. Moreover, users can set up nudges and reminder alerts on medication, exercise, or scheduled medical checkups.

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Tips to prevent 'quishing' and protect patient data

Healthcare It News

Because mobile devices are generally security weak points for organizations, QR codes that are designed to ease processes such as image file transfers may leave protected health data vulnerable.

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New Incentive Program for Exchanging Public Health Data Launches

HIT Consultant

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

HIT Consultant

Health Action Plan is a helpful first step when it comes to prevention and early risk detection. 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.

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CDC contracts health data collective Truveta to study COVID, maternal health and pediatric care

Fierce Healthcare

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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Fountain Life Acquires LifeOmic to Optimize Preventative Care

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Fountain Life, a leader in advanced diagnostics and preventative healthcare, has acquired LifeOmic , a health data technology company specializing in precision medicine. This acquisition underscores the growing importance of proactive healthcare. Fountain Life’s CEO and co-founder.

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Health Data Privacy: Majority of Patients Demand Accountability, Transparency

HIT Consultant

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. .