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The most valuable health care companies of tomorrow will be technology companies

KevinMD

After living through the Dot-com bubble, 9/11, Enron-WorldCom, the 2008 financial crisis, the meteoric rise of technology (search, e-commerce, social media, sharing economy), and the rise of a new class of billionaires, I. The most valuable health care companies of tomorrow will be technology companies originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Tweets at Lunch with Paul Krugman – Health IT Meets Economics

Health Populi

3 forms of #health financing models accdg to @PaulKrugman: government as #healthcare provider @NHSEngland; #singlepayer #Canada ; regulated/subsidized decentralized a la Switzerland, Germany, #Obamacare #ACA. The post Tweets at Lunch with Paul Krugman – Health IT Meets Economics appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

Trust is a precursor to health engagement, I learned way back in 2008 when I collaborated with Edelman on the first Health Engagement Barometer in 2008. This chart illustrated data from that survey, showing that trust, authenticity and satisfaction were the top three drivers among consumers looking to engage for health.

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Keeping BlueKeep Away: What Every Healthcare Organization Needs To Know To Mitigate the Risk

Electronic Health Reporter

BlueKeep is a vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708) that affects Windows 7, Windows XP, Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2, which many feel will be exploited soon. The first months of 2019 have seen a record number of reported security vulnerabilities. But potentially the riskiest, is BlueKeep. The concern […].

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Keena Healthcare Technology and Altera Digital Health expand strategic partnership

Digital Health Global

Altera to offer Keena’s full line of workflow optimization and data integration solutions to TouchWorks® EHR clients NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Keena Healthcare Technology , a healthcare optimization organization, and Altera Digital Health , a global health IT leader, announce today that they have engaged in a reseller agreement.

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Blockchain Could Save Healthcare Billions Every Year

Healthcare IT Today

While the shared ledger idea can be traced back to the 80s, blockchain technology emerged in 2008 as the foundation for decentralized currency, namely Bitcoin. . Unlike traditional distributed databases with centralized management, blockchain offers a shared database, providing security, transparency, traceability, and speed.

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HealthSnap Closes $25 Million Series B Funding Amidst Continued Triple Digit Growth of Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Platform

Healthcare IT Today

We lead, co-lead, and participate in rounds, only investing in companies where we can leverage our network for significant post-investment value add.