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

Health Populi

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign this into State law later this year.

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

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Those advertising companies include Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, and many more, which are immune to HIPAA violations because they are not covered entities. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians. ” JMIR Mental Health 7, no. What Is Privacy?,

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

Henry Kotula

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape of ambulatory care with rapid shifts to telehealth. Many states have directed insurers to temporarily cover COVID-19-related services via telehealth while mandating parity of reimbursement for telehealth visits with in-person visits for their Medicaid program.

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Health Is Social – The Social Determinants of Health at HIMSS19

Health Populi

That wand has begun to initiate its magic in the physician community, based on a wonderful essay in JAMA published 20 December 2018 titled, Social Determinants of Health in the Digital Age: Determining the Source Code for Nurture. need a new-and-improved HIPAA or more over-arching new national privacy law like a USGDPR?

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

Still other digital health startups focus on improving access to primary care via telehealth , virtual visits, and related mechanisms of accessing care. It is perhaps no surprise that 98 percent of digital health startups ultimately fail. . billion in digital health funding—the most of any quarter on record.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Sleep has been a key theme at CES, which I began to note in 2018 in this post on prescribing sleep for health at CES. Philips is a major player in the sleep health market, and at CES 2021 launched the Face Mask Selector with based on 3D facial screening. Sleep-as-medicine for all ages.