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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

adult 18 and over in April 2021 to gather data for this annual report. 20% of people used online health services, and 20% intent to keep using them. In 2021, smartwatch adoption exceeded wearable activity fitness tracker market penetration, both around one-third of U.S. CTA conducted an online survey among 2,409 U.S.

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

Health Populi

But trust is in short supply when it comes to consumers openness to share their personal information we learn through a new study published in JAMA , Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Digital Information for Health-Related Uses. A few over-arching findings: Consumers’ views of sharing health data depend on context.

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How Automated Lineage Improves Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

A Proactive Approach to Data Incidents Data incidents significantly impact healthcare organizations. For the 12th year running, healthcare has surpassed other industries with the highest average data breach cost: $10.1 In 2021, breaches affected more than 50 million patient records , with an average of 132 days before detection.

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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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 goal of Azure Health Data Services is interoperability that drives better patient outcomes and clinical advances.

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Future of medical device cyber security

Lloyd Price

In 2021, there were over 100 known cyber attacks on medical devices, and this number is expected to grow in the coming years. Some of the cyber security risks of virtual wards include: Data breaches: Virtual wards often use electronic health records (EHRs) to store patient data.

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