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. .

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

. “It is ironic,” they write, “that although patients (and their physicians) still have difficulty obtaining complete medical record information in a timely fashion, the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits massive troves of patients digital health data to traverse the medical-industrial complex unmonitored and unregulated.”

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Last month, a document synthesized a vision for transforming health and care in a digital single market , adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Over one-half of EU health citizens are concerned about the risks of health data privacy breaches and cybersecurity.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Consumers’ trust in all sources of health information increased between 2018 and 2020 except for peoples’ trust in online health websites/apps and social media, both of which lost a number of consumers trusting them. consumers would be willing to share their health data were Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple.

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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. A fragmented legal landscape of Medical AI Currently, there is no specific legal regulation of medical AI in Europe.

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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.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By administering ultrasound technology at the point of care, whether that be the patient’s bedside or an ambulance, POCUS prevents patients from being sent to another facility for imaging or waiting for a radiologist. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is taking hold across healthcare, and for good reason.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Using digital tech has improved consumers’ experiences with health care providers across a range of tasks: 53% told Philips it’s easier to schedule appointments, 47% think it’s easier to get test results, 42% receive appointment reminders, and 27% are able to monitor health indicators on their own.

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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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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.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 9, 2022

While the healthcare industry has been extolling the virtues of data interoperability for years until recently it has remained one of the biggest obstacles to providing quality healthcare today. Grealy alludes to the data flow barriers that still exist today even while some important federal interoperability standards have been passed.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The good news, though, is that it is widely recognized that making health data more available will move the industry in the right direction. Healthcare’s data revolution is now officially underway thanks to regulations like the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Rule and related rulings involving FHIR.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

They allow for faster deployment while aligning with health data protection standards and regulations. For instance, for one of our clients, our team created a fully HIPAA-compliant AI chatbot PoC using Azure Health Bot. So, I recommend sticking to platforms leveraging pre-trained models.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 12, 2024

. – This case highlights the importance of protecting patient data in the digital health industry. Whistleblower Aid’s call to action urges the FTC to enforce existing regulations and ensure that vulnerable individuals seeking addiction treatment can do so without fear of privacy violations. Monument Inc.’s

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2023

Technical and human obstacles to data collaboratives: As far as obstacles go, technology and sponsorship seem to be common threads among all respondents. – Compliance with federal data protection regulations. The centralized approach creates lengthy legal discussions on data transfer.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 9, 2023

Breaking Down Barriers and Removing Silos Today, most patients are unable to obtain a cohesive view of their health data from general practitioners, specialists, and other clinicians. Now, to achieve this promise of real change, it comes down to a true, shared commitment from all healthcare stakeholders.

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Health Populi

JULY 26, 2022

Amazon is already well-entrenched in many health care activities, as a new report from Bertelsmann Stiftung presented in this chart. ” I added the bold emphasis here on the issue of personal health data.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 8, 2024

Without core systems, software, and data available, provider staff takes on tedious manual tasks, including managing schedules, payment reconciliation, and reviewing extensive patient data, which overburdens them and further compounds negative impacts on operational efficiency due to decreased process efficiency and productivity.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 9, 2023

Having early insight into abnormal blood sugar activity or body functioning can help individuals prevent health conditions from worsening. With the rise in digital health services, we have a wide variety of data at the tip of our fingers – accessible from nearly anywhere on a smartphone or computer.

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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.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

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. The lack of regulation within third-party environments raises privacy and security concerns for patients and healthcare organizations alike.

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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.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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NCQA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The recent inclusion of HEDIS ® reporting as a Level 2 exchange purpose in two standard operating procedures under TEFCA highlights the industry’s dedication to leveraging interoperable health data for digital quality measurement. How Does TEFCA Relate to HEDIS?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The big data point in this study for me was the one-fourth of Americans were “very concerned” that an organization would use their online search information against them to prevent them from getting health insurance.

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Cloud Blogs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

One is the rapid emergence of virtual care through digital tools such as telehealth and remote monitoring that have made it safer and more convenient for patients to connect with their doctors during the pandemic, and that is empowering individuals to take charge of their health in entirely new ways. Not for sale.

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Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Congress’s expansion of access to telehealth takes steps to ensure continuity of care for Medicare beneficiaries and provides regulators with additional time to determine which flexibilities will become permanent, indicating a success for the telehealth industry as well as a reminder that there is more legislation to come.

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Lexis Nexis

JULY 20, 2022

Billions of dollars are available to health plans that achieve high scores under Medicare Star Ratings, a five-star quality rating system to measure their ability to meet members’ healthcare needs. More than 90 percent of US health plans use HEDIS measures to gauge their performance while serving more than 190 million Americans.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2022

The 200-page paper details the activities of sixteen global technology companies in the health/care ecosystem, followed by a so-called “ethical analysis” of these companies’ work with health data. health/care stakeholders. [For healthcare ]. Privacy and Democracy.

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Health Blawg

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Without further ado, here they are: Encryption: Encryption is the conversion of electronic data into an unreadable or coded form that is unreadable without a decryption key. The proper use of encryption can prevent unauthorized users from viewing encrypted data in a usable form and may substantially reduce the risk of compromising ePHI.

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Health Blawg

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Without further ado, here they are: Encryption: Encryption is the conversion of electronic data into an unreadable or coded form that is unreadable without a decryption key. The proper use of encryption can prevent unauthorized users from viewing encrypted data in a usable form and may substantially reduce the risk of compromising ePHI.

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Health Blawg

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Without further ado, here they are: Encryption: Encryption is the conversion of electronic data into an unreadable or coded form that is unreadable without a decryption key. The proper use of encryption can prevent unauthorized users from viewing encrypted data in a usable form and may substantially reduce the risk of compromising ePHI.

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Health Blawg

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Without further ado, here they are: Encryption: Encryption is the conversion of electronic data into an unreadable or coded form that is unreadable without a decryption key. The proper use of encryption can prevent unauthorized users from viewing encrypted data in a usable form and may substantially reduce the risk of compromising ePHI.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2018

These concerns fall into the buckets of health insurance coverage, or lack thereof; insurance denials; affordability for the breakthrough therapies; and, potential risks of future denials for insurance based on the patient’s personalized genomic or other health data.

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Etactics

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Today, 61% of healthcare data breaches are due to negligent employees. During this time, there were no federal regulations protecting health information. HIPAA’s Privacy and Security Rules help install these regulations. Template builds on efforts by states, health systems, and individual organizations and individuals.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 19, 2023

To serve the unique requirements of a sensitive industry that is bound by stringent regulations, we require a customized healthcare system that grants legitimacy to all participants within the blockchain. Doesn’t that sound like what the healthcare industry is in need of most? What is Proof of Competence (PoC)?

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