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

Health Populi

Just last month, Amazon announced HIPAA-compliant privacy bundled into Alexa skills with Atrium Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, CIGNA, ExpressScripts, Livongo, and Swedish Health Connect.

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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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#Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond. The frequency of cybersecurity breaches in health systems is a risk factor eroding patient trust.

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Transforming Healthcare with Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

How Remote Patient Monitoring Works Monitoring devices: Patients use monitoring devices, such as blood pressure monitors, to collect and transmit health data to healthcare providers. Patient portal: Patients access a secure patient portal to manage and review their health information.

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COPD Management: A Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring in 2024

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Through RPM, patients can use wearable devices and mobile health applications to transmit data such as oxygen saturation levels, respiratory rate, and activity levels to their healthcare providers in real-time. These apps often integrate with wearable devices, allowing seamless data sharing and analysis.

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How the Centers for Medicare Services Supports and Regulates Remote Patient Monitoring Services

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Privacy and security regulations CMS imposes strict privacy and security regulations on RPM services to protect patients’ health information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

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Healthcare Trends 2024: Navigating the Future of Medicine and Patient Care

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

For example, mobile health clinics are extending services to remote or underserved areas, providing screenings, vaccinations, and basic healthcare services directly to communities in need. Healthcare providers are focusing on strategies to combat misinformation, ensuring accurate, reliable health information is accessible to patients.