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Part One: A Look Back on Health IT in 2017

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2017 was a roller-coaster ride for healthcare, marked by exciting innovation, damaging cyberattacks, periods of lulls and disruptive change. The biggest thing to happen to healthcare IT in 2017 was the advancement of the consumerization of healthcare, and the changing discourse around the patient as a consumer.

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The Suicide Rate in America Increased by 40% between 2000 and 2017. Blue Collar Workers Were Much More At Risk.

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between 2000 and 2017, a 40% increase. The CDC report bolsters this, compelling us to re-invest and commit to education as the macro social determinant of health it is. The post The Suicide Rate in America Increased by 40% between 2000 and 2017. The rate of suicide in the U.S. rose from 12.9 per 100,000 population to 18.0

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Health IT Roundup—Leading healthcare groups want more time on interoperability rules

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About 20 healthcare and health IT organizations are asking CMS and ONC for more time to comment on new interoperability rules; telehealth use jumped 53% from 2016 to 2017; plus more health IT headlines.

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New Study: Physician Burnout Rate Dropped in 2017

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Physicians adjusting to the new healthcare and health IT environment could explain the improvement, researchers theorize

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Part Two: Our 2018 Health IT Wish List

Mobile Health Matters

What is on our health IT wish list? AirStrip is feeling optimistic about the industry’s direction in terms of broader collaboration for building up truly interoperable systems to improve patient care, and overall health system stability.

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Health IT Roundup—Apps share sensitive health data with Facebook; Stanford issues ethical guidelines for digital health

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million healthcare records were exposed in 2018, which more than doubles 2017, a report finds; health and fitness apps have been sharing sensitive health data with Facebook and more health IT headlines.

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Supreme Group Acquires Health+Commerce, an Integrated Marketing and Public Relations Agency Serving Innovative Healthcare Companies

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Health+Commerce is Supreme Group’s second add-on following its acquisition of Clarity Quest , a health IT marketing agency. We’re thrilled to welcome Health+Commerce to the Supreme Group family of companies,” said Tom Donnelly, CEO, Supreme Group. “In For more information visit www.supremegroup.io.