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Data breaches raise new concerns about Australia’s e-Health record

Lloyd Price

The latest figures from the 2017-2018 financial year were an increase compared with the 35 data breaches reported in 2016-2017 reporting period, according to Australian Digital Health Agency figures cited by the newspaper’s website.

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When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

GlobalMed

The US Census Bureau 2016 data showed that 80% of white households had a desktop or laptop computer in 2016, while only 63% of Black and 67% of Hispanic households did. In other words, any efforts to eliminate health inequities through virtual care must also address barriers to digital health access.

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How The Rapid Shift To Telehealth Leaves Many Community Health Centers Behind During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Henry Kotula

Preparedness Of Community Health Centers For Telehealth. Despite the changes, many health centers may not be ready to implement high-quality telehealth. A study using 2016 data showed that only 38 percent of CHCs used any telehealth. At least 22 states have explicitly implemented telehealth parity for Medicaid.

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Providing After-Hours Healthcare with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

A 2016 Commonwealth Fund study found that 51 percent of U.S. adults struggled to get health care at nights and on weekends without visiting the emergency room. million; approximately $500,000 of those savings went to a managed care Medicare payer. They may have a hard time getting away from their jobs.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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Healthcare has never experienced anything like Amazon’s combination of logistics, voice AI expertise and data analytics. The impact could be huge.

Lloyd Price

“The health care problem is the No. Bezos posed an idea for a cure in 2016, saying that health care would be “one of those industries that is elevated and made better by machine learning and artificial intelligence.” Amazon’s healthcare dabbling stretches back to at least 2016.

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