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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

in 2016 was foreign-born, this JAMA article published in December 2018 attested. For health care privacy, Americans’ HIPAA provisions surely don’t cover personal information that informs health beyond the healthcare claim the way Europeans’ GDPR or the soon-to-be-implemented California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020 do.

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Voice Health Summit Spotlight 2018

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Several organizations are anxiously awaiting for HIPAA compliant voice devices. Although there is excitement around voice health, innovators are working to remove speed bumps to accelerate adoption: Addressing Privacy/Security. There is also a concern that the device is always listening, even without the “wake” word.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): December 2015

American Well

Brian Schatz told Morning eHealth. The important point here is secure HIPAA compliant messaging, not your traditional text, Skype or Facetime. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. A bipartisan group of senators are “very close” to finishing a bill aimed at increasing Medicare payment for telemedicine services.