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

Health Populi

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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4 Ways US Military Veterans May Utilize Telehealth and Telemedicine in 2022

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

With this, the US government is leading the way with new technology that allows veterans to get health care from anywhere and at any time through telehealth and telemedicine. With telehealth and telemedicine, US military veterans may be afforded continuous quality care. Telehealth for Preventive Care.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. The ACA’s 2014 Code of E thics reads A.7. BMC Medicine (September 7, 2015): 214. Ramirez, Edith.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

Smartphone adoption among older people grew by 50% since 2014, rising from 48% adoption among people 50+ to 79%. Most older Americans would share data collected through a wearable tech device with their health care provider, but a minority (35%) would share that information with a health insurance company.

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

Health Populi

At the same time, the growing application of AI and personalized medicine requires the use of all kinds of personal information that extends well beyond claims data in the electronic health record. A few over-arching findings: Consumers’ views of sharing health data depend on context.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

Among the clearest economic development rationales for digital health is for expanding telehealth in rural America. The quantifiable benefits of rural telehealth are transportation cost savings, lost wages savings, hospital cost savings, and increased revenues to local labs and pharmacies, NTCA calculated.

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Microsoft's M&A strategy in healthcare: current trends and potential future activity

Lloyd Price

Microsoft first entered the healthcare market in 2009 with the launch of its HealthVault platform, which allowed patients to store and share their health data. 2014: Microsoft acquires Axolotl Health, a competitor to HealthVault. Telehealth: Microsoft could acquire companies that develop telehealth solutions.