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As connected health adoption grows, privacy rules like HIPAA are still broadly misunderstood

Mobi Health News

At a HIMSS Digital presentation, former ONC Chief Privacy Officer Joy Pritts and Connected Health Initiative Senior Counsel Brian Scarpelli discussed some common misconceptions about the law.

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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.

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Privacy is the Key to Responsible Health AI

Connected Health Initiative

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and Duke AI Health held an event focused on this topic and several others in the intersection of health and AI. For more about our event, find handouts, and watch panel presentations, click here.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Deloitte presented this graphic for an integrated data and analytics platform supporting remote patient monitoring data feeds in a June 2020 report noting that remote patient monitoring could trigger a multi-channel data tsunami.

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Consumer Trust, Privacy and Healthcare – Considering #HIMSS18 in the Stark Light of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Health Populi

Here’s what we-know-we know about health care, privacy, and security: briefly, • HIPAA covers patients’ PHI that is held by covered entities and shared with contracted business associates. Cyber-breaches are a new-normal in health care. billion active monthly accounts.

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US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo Meets DrKumo in Exclusive AAPI Founders Roundtable

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo, leader in Connected Health Technology, addresses the initiatives to contribute to the growth of the national economy through its state-of-the-art Remote Patient Monitoring technology. Kelly Nguyen from DrKumo Inc.

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

Health Populi

The third chart bolsters a fact we know-we-know about patients’ faith in health care providers as trusted data stewards : that is that apps recommended by doctors and hospitals more likely make patients feel more comfortable about using them than digital tools not vetted by a trusted source. One pillar of that trust is privacy.