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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

A survey from The Harris Poll and ClearDATA found that 81% of Americans incorrectly assume that all protected health information collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA. Virtual specialty care vendor Summus released Summus Peer-to-Peer to support specialty consults.

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Temple uses $1M of FCC telehealth funding for virtual care platform, tablets and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“This acceleration also was made available by the opportunities to be reimbursed for telemedicine-related services and relaxed CMS guidelines that waived penalties for HIPAA violations against healthcare providers that serve patients in good faith through everyday communications technologies.” MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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

Health Populi

The frequency of cybersecurity breaches in health systems is a risk factor eroding patient trust. To that end, it is interesting to note that Amazon is seeking a privacy professional experienced with HIPAA. Finally, healthcare costs are top-of-mind for patients in the U.S.

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better." "One such gap noted over the past year with some of our patient population was the lack of resources to secure broadband services. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger. Fisne offers a personal example.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Remember the bulky Holter monitors worn at the waist to gather data about The AT-Patch from ATsens won an honoree award at CES 2021 , transforming the form factor and streamlining the patient experience of collecting electrocardiogram data over time. Hygiene and the clean home.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The eCareCoordinator telehealth software platform allows clinicians to remotely monitor patients’ vital signs and send patients short surveys about their health status. This combination of objective data and subjective responses supports clinicians to make informed, timely care decisions.