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Learning from Dr. Eric Topol, Live from Medecision Liberation 2019

Health Populi

Bold doing is better,” Dr. Eric Topol introduced his talk yesterday at Medecision’s Liberation 2019 conference. More people going into health care jobs, he continued, with the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrating that we’re adding more human capital to a broken health care system.

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Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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Your State as a Determinant of Health: Sharecare’s 2021 Community Well-Being Index

Health Populi

The addition of these determinants of health data has enriched the Well-Being Index and better inform our planning and strategies, whether for public policy or commercial health care products and services. Based on the extensive data mash-up across the 10 domains and nearly 500,000 surveys conducted throughout the U.S.,

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Preventive, Proactive, Productive: Digital Care for Managing Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Subhro Mallik, SVP and Head of Life Sciences business unit at Infosys. In 2019, it accounted for about one-third of total deaths globally. Beyond that, patients’ health data from smartphone apps and wearable devices can be used in epidemiological studies to improve understanding of CVD. .

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Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Health Populi

The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer measured the biggest gap in trust for the healthcare industry between the U.S. Pharmaceuticals garner the lowest score at 57, compared with biotech and life sciences at 64. health consumers. “informed public” and the mass population.

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

– Microsoft has announced advancements in cloud technologies for healthcare and life sciences with the general availability of Azure Health Data Services and updates to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. The health industry generates an overwhelming amount of data, much of which is unstructured and inaccessible.

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Virtual Care – negotiating barriers to adoption offers glimpses of an exciting future

Lloyd Price

The WHO and the India G20 presidency emphasised its importance by launching ‘The Global Initiative of Digital Health’ (GIDH) in August, proclaiming: “Digital health is a proven accelerator to advance health outcomes and achieve Universal Health Coverage and health-related Sustainable Development Goals.”