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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. mHealth companies should implement a “zero-trust” approach to securing apps and APIs.

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

With such turbocharged growth on the supply side, Beazley, experts in specialty insurance, explores the risks of digital health and wellness in a new report, Digital health, telehealth and wellness: Attitudes to risk and insurance.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Here’s the essential telehealth terminology that will put you ahead of the curve. This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. Get to know these, and you should be able to follow along with most telehealth industry conversations or lectures no problem.

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Zoom Became a Household Name in the Pandemic. It’s Working to Do the Same in Healthcare – At #HIMSS21

Health Populi

Ron cited three early learnings that he’s applying now in this bullish telehealth era: The experience of both patients and clinicians are key to building adoption and use of virtual care, respecting patient and clinician satisfaction; Clinical efficacy and how well care can be done from a distance; and, Cost-effectiveness and sustainability.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Six in ten people are open to health and wellness services via virtual channels, over half like the idea of remote monitoring linking with at-home devices, and 1 in 2 people would be open to routine appointments through telehealth. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

Those consumers who have adopted some form of digital health tool, whether wearable tech, telehealth visit, or mobile app, seem satisfied with their experiences, which is another key aspect of the so-called “digital transition.” Check out Estonia and Switzerland for case studies on that. In the meantime, in the U.S.,

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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

Health Populi

Baking in privacy by design must be the go-to strategy for health IT developers to bolster patient trust in their electronic health records. Finally, a re-imagination of what HIPAA should be in the era of Apple/Google/Facebook growth in health records is in order.

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