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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

The supply side of digital health tools and tech is growing at a hockey-stick pace. There are mobile apps and remote health monitors, digital therapeutics and wearable tech from head-to-toe. Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals.

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Consumer Trust, Privacy and Healthcare – Considering #HIMSS18 in the Stark Light of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Health Populi

We who work in healthcare must pose the questions: going forward, how trusting will patients, consumers and caregivers be sharing their personal health information (PHI)? Health information breaches are more highly valued by cyber-attackers as they are worth more than, say, consumers’ bank account or credit card identities.

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Digital Side Door Part 2: Attract and Retain Patients with These Tips

Xealth

David Slifka, VP Commercial Operations By now, you’re probably familiar with the digital front door concept in healthcare, but what about the digital side door? In a previous blog post, I explained the side door concept as the tendency of patients to seek lower-value services outside their primary care network.

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Economist, Advisor, Trend Weaver, THINK-Health & Founder, Health Populi blog. Mark Savage, Director, Center for Digital Health Innovation, University of California, San Francisco. The post Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference appeared first on e-CareManagement blog.

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How One Hospital System Baked Love Into Their Health App

Health Populi

9 in 10 hospitals and health systems prioritize improving the consumer/patient experience, but only 30% of providers are building these capabilities, I wrote in the Health Populi blog discussing Kaufman Hall’s research. Mobile apps do pose challenges for protecting digitized personal health information (PHI).

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Economist, Advisor, Trend Weaver, THINK-Health & Founder, Health Populi blog. Mark Savage, Director, Center for Digital Health Innovation, University of California, San Francisco. The post Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference appeared first on e-CareManagement blog.

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HIPAA Considerations When Adding Video Calling To a Health App

SightCall

For healthcare, rules are defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA regulates how patients’ information must be handled by healthcare professionals (covered entities) and their partners (business associates). Developers Hate HIPAA. Although the U.S.

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