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Consumerism, Telehealth and Patient Access To Health Data

Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 17, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Q&A with Life Image president and CEO, Matthew Michela Seventy-five percent of consumers are willing to share their health data with their preferred local healthcare institution, according to a recent survey. Illegal copying is prohibited.

Health Data

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Reproductive Health Data: Open Standard Offers Access Control, Revocation, and Other Traits

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This article isn’t about the politics or morality around abortion; it’s about the current state of health care privacy and the right of the individual to control their data. An entertaining, in-depth article describes the origins of OpenTDF in a project at the National Security Agency (NSQ).

Health Data

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Bonus Features – October 22, 2023 – 57% of patients accessed portals or medical records in 2022, 21 orgs make Level 10 in the 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 22, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. CHIME named 21 healthcare organizations to Level 10 in the 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey , the most in the 24-hear history of the survey.

Digital Health

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

Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In summary, three over-arching issues come out of the paper: ensuring health citizens’ secure access to their health data within nations and across EU borders; enabling personalized medicine through the shared European data infrastructure; and, assuring citizen empowerment with digital tools for feedback and person-centered care.

Health Data

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Previous articles in this series showed why social determinants of health (SDoH) are the hottest recent addition to data used by the medical industry. We’ve explored how SDoH data is defined and shared. This article shows how organizations are collecting it.

Health Data

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Will Trade Data for (Cheaper) Health Care – USC’s View of the Future

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Themes addressed a range of digital health items such as access to medical information via smartphone, wearable health trackers, digital assistants, telemedicine, AI in medical treatment, robotics for medical care, and sharing health data, among other factors.

Medical Billing

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

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.

Public Health

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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data , according to a Sophos survey.

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies Among people receiving medical care in the last 12 months, 86% engaged with their providers using mobile devices , according to a Gozio Health survey.

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Health care system financing, delivery, and workflows widely vary across nations around the world. One very important finding in this study is that access to one’s health data demonstrates consumers are more collaborative with their clinicians — and are more open to sharing their data.

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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Healthcare organizations are only using 57% of their data to drive decision-making , according to a survey from Arcadia.

Digital Health

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Surveys A survey of 2,600 AHIMA members found that about 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting social determinants of health data.

Healthcare Cybersecurity

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Helping Healthcare Professionals Evaluate AI Offerings

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A recent survey found that more than half of healthcare professionals don’t believe AI is ready for medical use. This was reflected in a BMJ Global Health article published this year, which attributed professionals’ apprehension to concerns regarding AI errors that cause patient harm, data privacy and security, and incomplete or biased data.

Interoperability

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Bonus Features, HIMSS2024 Edition – March 13, 2024 – AI news from AWS, Google, Innovaccer, Microsoft, and Oracle Health, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Formed in collaboration with 16 health systems, the entity aims to create principles to improve the quality, safety and trustworthiness of AI in health.

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Apple provides powerful insights into new areas of health

Digital Health Global

JUNE 6, 2023

New mental health features allow users to log their momentary emotions and daily moods, see valuable insights, and easily access assessments and resources. All of these new features — and existing health features — are grounded in science and built with privacy at the core. In a recent survey, more than 30 percent of U.S.

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Bonus Features – July 9, 2023 – Providers spend 11% less time writing clinical notes than they did three years ago, 54% of surgeons unsure about first-to-market products, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The HIMSS EHR Association urged ONC to avoid moving too quickly with the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability proposed rule.

Medicare

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10 must-know perspectives on digital transformation for healthcare IT leaders

Redox

MARCH 15, 2024

The clincher: Just because the data is available to use doesn’t mean health systems are fully using that data—or capitalizing on the full capabilities of the analytics solutions they’ve deployed. Poor CDS EHR Integration Negatively Impacts Patient Care, Survey Finds.” EHR Intelligence. The Journal of mHealth.

Healthcare IT

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Bonus Features – December 4, 2022 – 34% of Americans take anti-anxiety meds during the holidays, hospital margins at -2% but show signs of hope, and more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. A DrFirst survey of more than 1,000 Americans concluded that one-third of Americans have taken anti-anxiety medications to manage family stress during the holiday season.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. The Business Group on Health’s survey into large employers’ plans for health benefit designs in 2023 has a strong focus on value, concurring with employee benefit consulting studies from Mercer, SHRM, and WTW, among others. Which virus is it?”

Health Technology

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

Health care consumerism is a central focus in my work, and so it’s no surprise that I’ve consumed every bit of this publication. [In In full disclosure, last year when this issue was being curated, I was part of a team that proposed to submit an article for the publication, but our submission was not accepted].

Digital Health

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Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. HIMSS has released its 2022 Future of Healthcare Report , and survey results suggest that payers and providers look at big technology companies differently. News and Studies.

Nursing

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Takes Social Determinants of Health to New Heights

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The company LexisNexis Risk Solutions is almost synonymous with the data banks of consumer data that financial firms and other businesses consult for identity verification and outreach. But the new LexisNexis Health Equity and Inclusion Insights offering adds new data and improves its quality.

Public Health

Public Health Life Science EHR Health Data

Bonus Features, ViVE Edition – March 28, 2023 – New products from Babylon and Everly Health, partnership news from Infor and LexisNexis, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News Virtual care provider Cecilia Health surveyed more than 100 of its clinicians about their priorities for chronic disease management. People Nabla named Jay Parkinson, M.D.

Healthcare IT

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. When it comes to sharing data, patients are most comfortable doing it for reasons related to treatment (71%) as compared to payment (39%), operations (28%), or public health (23%).

HIPAA

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Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. ” Sixty percent of the patients that health systems refer for physical therapy go to a clinic outside the system’s network , according to a report from Luna.

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Bonus Features – September 3, 2023 – 60% of cybersecurity incidents impact patient care, the average medical device has six or more security vulnerabilities, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. That process will involve working with seven current Qualified Health Information Network candidates, along with any future QHIN applicants.

Life Science

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Weekly Roundup – October 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Patients are embracing the notion of monitoring their health every day, but health systems aren’t , John Lynn discovered in a chat with Rich Steinle and Scott Pradels at Carium.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Health Data HIPAA Interoperability

Bonus Features – September 11, 2022 – LG names 4 companies to help stand up its digital health business, ONC and HRSA team up to modernize Uniform Data System, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Digital therapeutics company Sidekick Health will implement a self-injection module from Ypsomed in its chronic condition self-management product. Partnerships.

Digital Health

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Federal Trade Commission Gets Involved in GoodRx Telehealth Company Crackdown

Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The legal action is one of what is likely to be an increasing number of fines issued to telehealth companies profiting from sharing consumers’ health data with advertisers, among other infractions. Under its health Breach Notification, the FTC took enforcement action, imposing a $1.5 million civil penalty against GoodRx.

Telehealth

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Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Nearly two-thirds of physicians surveyed (65%) said they are experiencing burnout, and 35% said their level of burnout has “significantly increased” in 2022.

HIE

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Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. A Holon Solutions survey found that 77% of healthcare workers are experiencing burnout , with staffing issues and patient loads being the biggest contributors to burnout.

RCM

RCM EHR Interoperability Healthcare IT

Disruption Is Healthcare’s New Normal

Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2018

This last article responded to the question, “Can we successfully deliver better quality care for patients at a lower cost?” asked by François de Brantes, Executive Director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute. These are some of the very things Dr. Stey’s article on disruption cite. Since then, U.S.

Primary Care

Primary Care Telemedicine Interoperability Nursing

Thinking About Isaiah, User-Centered Design, and Healthcare – Heard at Health 2.0

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Research articles in mass media like New York Times and Wired have begun to point out that our digital dust (culminating in digital phenotyping) can enable police to track us from our phones — and get it very wrong. This concept begs the question of who’s business model is “our” data, anyway? Alexa recording your sex life?

ePatients

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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. This could include surveys, focus groups, or a feedback option within the portal itself.

Health Information

Health Information Patient Experience EMR Health Data

The Monetary, Clinical and Ethical Value of Patient Data – A View from the UK and NHS

Health Populi

JULY 23, 2019

. “It is the duty of the NHS to consolidate patient records into the highest quality longitudinal patient level data set, and then to use these data-driven technologies, in a safe, ethical, evidenced and transparent way,” the report concludes. Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the U.S., In the U.S.,

HIPAA

HIPAA Health Information Life Science eHealth

Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The Federal Trade Commission released an updated Mobile Health Apps Tool created with input from ONC, OCR, and the FDA.

HIE

HIE Healthcare IT Digital Health EHR

5 Strategies to Improve Healthcare Billing for Both Patients and Practices

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Blake Walker, CEO at Inbox Health. According to Inbox Health data, 96 percent to 99 percent of patients choose to continue receiving their bills and make payments digitally. According to one survey on healthcare payment plans, 90.7 Offer payment plans.

Medical Billing

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Australia is leading the way in giving people personal control of their own Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The international comparison of digital health record systems has shown that EHR consumers in Australia have a greater ability to control their digital health information than in countries with similar systems. article/australia-leads-world-personal-control-electronic-health-records Source : h ttps://www.healthcareit.com.au/article/australia-leads-world-personal-control-electronic-health-records

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Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that enables data exchange across care settings.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

GlobalMed

JUNE 16, 2021

A recent survey of PCPs found 20-70 percent of primary care could be performed virtually, with providers using telehealth to see patients for issues like flu symptoms or conjunctivitis while having them come in for X-rays and bone density scans. Can they still see patients in their office? Absolutely.

Primary Care

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The following is a guest article by Venki Subramanian , SVP Product Management at Reltio When data is missing, inaccurate, incomplete, or misdirected, it can have severe, sometimes life-altering impacts. Security Threats: Health data is a prime target for cyberattacks due to its sensitivity.

Interoperability

Interoperability EHR Health Information Health Data

Telehealth Home Monitoring and Remote Patient Monitoring: The Perfect Combination for Modern Healthcare

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), on the other hand, refers to the use of medical devices and technology to collect and transmit health data from patients in their homes to healthcare providers for monitoring and interpretation. This data is then transmitted to healthcare providers for monitoring and interpretation.

Telehealth

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Is Patient Portal a Thing of the Past?

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

The following is a guest article by Liza Dzhezhora, Healthcare IT Analyst at Itransition. According to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat poll, by 2018 patient portals were employed by about 90% of the surveyed providers. . For years, patient portals have been considered the most efficient tool for patient engagement.

EHR

EHR Meaningful Use Healthcare IT Health Information

Consumerism, Telehealth and Patient Access To Health Data

Reproductive Health Data: Open Standard Offers Access Control, Revocation, and Other Traits

Trending Sources

Bonus Features – October 22, 2023 – 57% of patients accessed portals or medical records in 2022, 21 orgs make Level 10 in the 2023 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey, and more

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

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Will Trade Data for (Cheaper) Health Care – USC’s View of the Future

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

Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

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

Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Helping Healthcare Professionals Evaluate AI Offerings

Bonus Features, HIMSS2024 Edition – March 13, 2024 – AI news from AWS, Google, Innovaccer, Microsoft, and Oracle Health, plus 18 more stories

Apple provides powerful insights into new areas of health

Bonus Features – July 9, 2023 – Providers spend 11% less time writing clinical notes than they did three years ago, 54% of surgeons unsure about first-to-market products, and more

10 must-know perspectives on digital transformation for healthcare IT leaders

Bonus Features – December 4, 2022 – 34% of Americans take anti-anxiety meds during the holidays, hospital margins at -2% but show signs of hope, and more

When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Takes Social Determinants of Health to New Heights

Bonus Features, ViVE Edition – March 28, 2023 – New products from Babylon and Everly Health, partnership news from Infor and LexisNexis, and more

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Bonus Features – September 3, 2023 – 60% of cybersecurity incidents impact patient care, the average medical device has six or more security vulnerabilities, and more

Weekly Roundup – October 21, 2023

Bonus Features – September 11, 2022 – LG names 4 companies to help stand up its digital health business, ONC and HRSA team up to modernize Uniform Data System, and more

Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Federal Trade Commission Gets Involved in GoodRx Telehealth Company Crackdown

Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Disruption Is Healthcare’s New Normal

Thinking About Isaiah, User-Centered Design, and Healthcare – Heard at Health 2.0

Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

The Monetary, Clinical and Ethical Value of Patient Data – A View from the UK and NHS

Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

5 Strategies to Improve Healthcare Billing for Both Patients and Practices

Australia is leading the way in giving people personal control of their own Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Telehealth Home Monitoring and Remote Patient Monitoring: The Perfect Combination for Modern Healthcare

Is Patient Portal a Thing of the Past?

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