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Our Mobile Health Data: Shared, Identifiable, and Privacy-Deprived

Health Populi

As more mobile app users — consumers, patients, and caregivers — use these handy digital health tools, much of the data we share can be re-identified and monetized by third parties well beyond those we believe we’re sharing with. pharmacies, prescription drugs), email addresses, and drug lists. style GDPR?

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Health Data Outside HIPAA: The Wild West of Unprotected Personal Data

E-CareManagement

“…the average patient will, in his or her lifetime, generate about 2,750 times more data related to social and environmental influences than to clinical factors” — McKinsey analysis. Read the rest of our article on The Health Care Blog.

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Those are very, very difficult.

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Tufts’ Peter Neumann and cost-effectiveness analysis – Better health through better measurement – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Peter is the Director of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health ( @TuftsCEVR ) at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center ( @TuftsMedicalCtr ), and is a professor of medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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The Single Market for Healthcare in Europe: Learnings for the U.S.

Health Populi

Last month, a document synthesized a vision for transforming health and care in a digital single market , adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Over one-half of EU health citizens are concerned about the risks of health data privacy breaches and cybersecurity.

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“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

Health Populi

Trust, or really lack thereof, is a killer app for people’s coronavirus health outcomes. That is the through-line found in a very deep dive into 177 countries’ health data published in The Lancet in a research article on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19. The graph illustrates where the U.S.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Role of Informatics

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Informatics is revolutionizing healthcare through the power of information technology and data analysis to improve patient care, enhance operational efficiency, and drive innovation. This data can be used to conduct studies, identify trends, and develop evidence-based interventions.