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Addressing Patient Health Information In-Security at HIMSS 2018

Health Populi

The second bar chart shows records breached by month from August 2017 through January 2018. And it’s in personal health information: a medical record is valued 8 to 10 times the price of a credit card on the black market. Why are medical records such attractive candidates for bad cyber-actors?

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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Health Populi

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018.

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World Health Day 2019: Let’s Celebrate Food, Climate, Insurance Coverage and Connectivity

Health Populi

Last week, The Lancet published its comprehensive study on the Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The study looked into the food intake among people in 195 countries and their health outcomes (mortality and morbibidity).

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Digital Transformation Is The New Mantra But Can’t Happen Without Access To Connectivity

Health Populi

” The OECD broadly defined the phrase in their 2017 paper on the topic as follows: Mobility, cloud computing, the Internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics are among the most important technologies in the digital economy today. The digital divide in the U.S.

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

While virtual health can’t solve every Medicaid issue, it can dismantle many typical roadblocks: Providers and patients can meet as scheduled even if the patient has missed their bus or had a childcare cancellation. Check a resource like Center for Connected Health Policy to find out the specific rules in your state.