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Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL

E-CareManagement

Some have called on policymakers to extend HIPAA to cover mHealth apps and other online platforms. ” — Deven McGraw and I argue that extending HIPAA is not a viable solution. HIPAA’s rules protect data and also protect incumbents’ interests in controlling health data. and Marielle Gross, MD, MBE, September 9, 2019.

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL

E-CareManagement

Some have called on policymakers to extend HIPAA to cover mHealth apps and other online platforms. ” — Deven McGraw and I argue that extending HIPAA is not a viable solution. HIPAA’s rules protect data and also protect incumbents’ interests in controlling health data. and Marielle Gross, MD, MBE, September 9, 2019.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. Can we even imagine the bedfellows, strange or not, that will be collaborating for health-tech interoperability and consumer-facing care twelve months from now?

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

But even trust in the most trusted steward, my doctor, eroded between 2019 and 2020. To the issue of trusting my doctor to keep my information secure, the survey found a decline from 89% trusting my doctor in 2019 to 83% in 2020. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300.

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

I attended the annual 2019 HIMSS conference in February for nearly a week of meetings, interviews, education sessions, company private salons, and social media check-ins with my fellow and sister HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors. The cloud and FHIR standards are fostering a new era of interoperability in health care.

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

Philips published results from this global study in The Future Health Index 2019 , themed “Transforming healthcare experiences, exploring the impact of digital health technology on healthcare professionals and patients.” The second chart details the key barriers preventing clinicians from sharing data with patients.

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Bonus Features – July 24, 2022 – OCR resolves 11 HIPAA enforcement actions, ONC releases USCDI v3, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative , issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memorial Hermann Health System. “It OCR has resolved 38 investigations since launching the Right of Access Initiative in 2019.

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