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b.well Connected Health Secures $40M to Power The Connected Health Ecosystem

Healthcare IT Today

Company Also Welcomes Samsung Head of Digital Health to Board of Directors in Funding Round to Accelerate Growth b.well Connected Health , the company powering platform-enabled healthcare ecosystems, today announced the closure of a $40 million Series C growth round led by Leavitt Equity Partners.

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

Health Populi

JSK: What’s your origin story with health information security? Individuals have a fundamental right to dictate who and when their health information is leveraged. Working to keep that information private in the new paradigm of Teams Meetings, PowerBI reports, and decentralized data is a heavy burden for modern CISOs.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. iRhythm Technologies.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

And most patients would also want access to information on their mental, behavioral, and substance use history. A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. Patients in the U.S.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

The four stories we generate are: Retail Health For All, starring “The Consumer” DIY Healthcare, starring “The CEO” Fragmentation Meets Bureaucracy, starring “The Castaway,” and, “One World, One Health,” starring “The Health Citizen.”

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Brand Relevance Has A Lot To Do with Health, Wellness, and Empowerment – Listening to (the) Prophet

Health Populi

Peloton, for connected fitness. Spotify, for health information as well as mis-information. Android, for connectivity. Fitbit, for connected health innovation. TED, for health story inspiration. Calm, for mental health and wellbeing. Instant Pot, for healthy cooking at home.

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QHINs Will Help Shine a Light on Data Quality

Healthcare IT Today

There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. The Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, are the actual networks that are Qualified to operate under the rules of TEFCA and move health information between exchange participants.