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Cerebral Telehealth: 2023’s Second Largest Patient Data Breach

Telebehavioral Health Institute

million users that their protected health information was shared with tech companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok. The strategy involves promising consumers their information is safe, only to knowingly provide that sensitive, perhaps even protected, health information to marketing companies for profit.

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Therapy Apps: Need-To-Know Issues for Clinicians

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Mental health therapy apps can help clinicians bridge the gap, but only if clinicians know how to effectively use apps in their clinical practices and beyond to increase access to behavioral health information, support, and interventions worldwide. Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

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What are the implications of Babyl Rwanda's closure for the future of Digital Health in Rwanda?

Lloyd Price

Babyl Rwanda offers a range of digital health services, including: Teleconsultations with doctors and nurses Prescription delivery Symptom checking Health information and advice Babyl Rwanda's services are available through a mobile app and a web platform.

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New Study of Mindfulness Apps & Online Programs

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The importance of privacy considerations with mental health apps is a continued concern expressed by other app researchers who have issued warnings about the safety of protected health information collected. 7, 477–515 (2022). link] Edwards-Stewart, A., Alexander, C., Armstrong, C. Hoyt, T., & O’Donohue, W.

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

Price Inflation: As we noted, price inflation was significant in 2022 but was not unique to the health sector. Mid-year Update: Prices for many consumer goods and services increased faster than usual, with overall inflation reaching a four-decade high in mid-2022. billion in 2022, a 57 percent year-over-year drop.