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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

Apple Health: Apple Health, or Apple HealthKit, is a preinstalled app on Apple Watch and all iOS8 devices that contains an easy-to-read dashboard for a person’s fitness and health data. AW9: American Well’s next generation product line, AW9 , was revealed at HIMSS 2016 in Las Vegas.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

Apple Health: Apple Health, or Apple HealthKit, is a preinstalled app on Apple Watch and all iOS8 devices that contains an easy-to-read dashboard for a person’s fitness and health data. AW9: American Well’s next generation product line, AW9 , was revealed at HIMSS 2016 in Las Vegas.

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What are strategic HealthTech acquirers looking for in today's market?

Lloyd Price

Wearable devices: These devices can be used to track patients' health data, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels. AI and machine learning: These technologies can be used to analyze large amounts of data to identify patterns and trends that can help improve patient care.

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Privacy and the New Health Ciitizen

Health Populi

Data security breaches, access challenges, and privacy leakages plague the current state of Americans’ personal health information (PHI). The Scorecard was developed to gauge the progress (and lack thereof) of patient information access afforded by peoples’ health care providers. What did Ciitizen learn from this process?

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Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

The Federal Trade Commission released an updated Mobile Health Apps Tool created with input from ONC, OCR, and the FDA. CB Insights released its Digital Health 150 list , with companies focused on remote monitoring and diagnostics taking 29 of the spots. In addition, Quantum Health formed an Oncology Clinical Advisory Board.

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