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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

From integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare and health data platforms to establishing robust data standards that reach beyond clinical settings to managing patient consent and increased patient access, it is fair to say that health data exchange and data management have many important intricacies worthy of careful attention.

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The Act defines “consumers” as people residing in Washington state as well as people whose health data is collected in Washington and those identified through quote, “unique identifiers.” First, the law.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Patients and providers deserve to have continued access to every tool at their disposal. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Communities face increasingly destructive unnatural disasters – catastrophic forest fires and earthquake fears on the West Coast, tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes and floods the Gulf and East Coasts and an occasional New England deep freeze. One twister tore through 200 miles in one fell devastating swoop in Kentucky.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Patients and providers deserve to have continued access to every tool at their disposal. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

That data can reveal important information that might not make it into the patient’s own record, such as an emergency room visit. It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health.

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Geisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In January 2020, Geisinger, the Pennsylvania-based integrated health system known for decades of clinical innovation, launched a multi-year digital strategy to make health easier for patients and members in its health plan. Preventing future infections through communication, education. Geisinger This post was co-authored by Rebecca A.