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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. Will Americans benefit from a U.S.-style style GDPR?

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

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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.

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

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Philips surveyed health care professionals and consumers living in 15 countries, from North America to Asia, and found that these health systems share one over-arching objective: to provide quality care with improved experiences for both patients and healthcare professionals. Enhanced data privacy and data protection.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

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Address social determinants of health. Accelerate digital health. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Note that WHO’s approach to digital health adoption includes equity, access, palliative care, privacy, and security. Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care.

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Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens

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Use of tools for prescription drugs and self-care. The first chart illustrates patients’ use of tech and tools for health and fitness by country studied. health care is Americans’ growing financial exposure to first-dollar costs as patients continue to morph into medical bill payors. In the case of the U.S.,

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Love and Health: The Education of Abner Mason, SameSky Health

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We must treat people like who they are matters,” using all kinds of data – public data, health data, claims data, and so on. The company realizes that culture is more important than a language, although at SameSky Health, the team represents at least 30 languages. We can serve everybody.”.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. Digital literacy combines with health literacy to bolster patient engagement.