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

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The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.” Remember that digital health literacy is a “super determinant of health.”

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

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Congress can’t agree on much before the 2024 summer recess, there’s one bipartisan stroke of political pens in Washington, DC, that could provide some satisfaction for both patients and doctors: bring telehealth back to patients and providers permanently. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act.

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Can Consumer Electronics Help Stem the Decline of U.S. Life-Years? A Preface for #CES2023

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We begin 2023 with the opening of CES 2023, the world’s largest annual meet-up of consumer electronics innovators, companies, and retailers. How can digital health and other consumer-facing technologies help our health? Inf act, heart health is table-stakes for much of wearable technology in 2023.

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Virtual Health Care Can Reduce Carbon Emissions: the Environmental ROI on Telehealth

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This is an important question for two major reasons: There is a direct relationship between health and the environment; and, Health care systems are major contributors to climate change due to the large volume of greenhouse gases they emit. million telehealth visits. million telehealth visits. million in gas costs.

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

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The first diagram shows my evolving view on what I seek out at CES each year, from the traditional tracking of weight and activity to the mainstreaming of heart function and sleep, with the addition of the connected car for health and safety, and the smart kitchen and bathroom in the mix of health-at-home.

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

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NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

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Telehealth happens across the U.S. Due to the collective ethos in the community, gun safety has been addressed as a public health issue, and the health care system and employers are committed to assuring cybersecurity and the protection of individuals’ health data. Regional centers of excellence naturally go national.

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