Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 22, 2024

UnitedHealth Group provided an update late Monday on its analysis of the data accessed in the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, and said it identified files that contain personal and health informa | UnitedHealth Group provided an update late Monday on its analysis of the data accessed in the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, and said it identified (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Today, we’re featuring the Health Information Technology – Data Solutions Architect position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. This position was posted by Briljent and is in Indiana.

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Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

health care delivery landscape, patients-as-health care consumers are becoming more savvy and discriminating based on their “maturity” and exposure to various flavors of telehealth. We first note overall that fewer patients, year on year 2021-2023, seem willing to share data with ANY entity.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 12, 2024

At HIMSS24, Dr. Denise Hines and Shirelle King of Georgia Health Information Network discuss social integration to foster trust in underserved communities.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

This included an update on CommonWell’s new technical service provider, ELLKAY and their recent designation by the federal government as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN). CommonWell has been working with some of these clients to look at innovative data workflows. and their journey to TEFCA.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 21, 2023

FOCUS data products are designed to streamline data by delivering comprehensive, simplified, and organized patient health information across seven disease states: Diabetes, Cardiology, Oncology, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Pulmonology, Orthopedics, and Gastroenterology.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 10, 2024

ORLANDO, Florida—The industry continues to make substantial gains in health data exchange and interoperability, according to new data released by health information network Surescripts.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 10, 2021

In the USA and elsewhere, there are Document Sharing based Health Information Exchanges. They have security models, privacy models, patient identification models, record location models, and data format models. These exchanges have been built up over the past ten or so years. Thus a Federation of Federations.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

consumers believe they have an obligation to share personal health information to stop the spread of the coronavirus. However, only 44% would be willing to share their personal data with a national database, a MITRE study learned. If data are to be shared, U.S. In the COVID-19 era, most U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission alleges the company shared personal health information with two China-based firms, Google and analytics company AppsFlyer.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In today’s technologically advanced world, the healthcare system is also undergoing a rapid digital transformation, especially in regard to data storage and protection. Hospital records contain sensitive data, including diagnostic details and sensitive personal health information.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 11, 2020

Pursley, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA, director of health information management excellence, AHIMA. My organization, the American Health Information Management […]. The article The Importance of Recording SDOH Data In Medical Records appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Today, we’re featuring the Chief Health Information Officer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. The CHIO will play a pivotal role in leveraging data and technology to transform healthcare delivery and support the organization’s mission of providing high-quality care to patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2020

The military health system currently struggles with ways to collect and communicate health information from warfighters on the ground, whether in theater or in garrison. “The ability to electronically capture health data will be of vital importance.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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Health Populi

MARCH 8, 2018

And it’s in personal health information: a medical record is valued 8 to 10 times the price of a credit card on the black market. Accenture studied the impact of medical and personal information theft, estimating an impact on one in 13 patients between 2015 and 2019. It’s Sutton’s Law, as in Willie Sutton: go where the money is.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 13, 2023

In the notice, Cerebral said it discovered on January 3 that it "had disclosed certain information that may be regulated as protected health information under HIPAA to certain third-party platforms and some subcontractors without having obtained HIPAA-required assurances."

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Today, we’re featuring the Healthcare Data Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders, NYeC works to help New York State achieve the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience of care, delivering better health outcomes, and reducing costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems. Data entry is still fraught with human error.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time.

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Digital Health Global

MAY 10, 2023

Lavita’s vision is to revolutionize the way individuals around the world manage, share, and utilize their health data, enabling better access to healthcare services and improving patients’ lives. About Lavita Lavita is the first patient-driven platform for secure sharing of health data.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 9, 2020

CMS-regulated payers will begin supporting HL7 FHIR APIs next year, allowing third-party developers to include claims data and other patient health information in their apps.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. The Trusted Exchange Framework is the technical standard that governs the actual sharing of data, and the Common Agreement is the legal agreement that governs the obligations of those sharing the data.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

The government and many healthcare leaders are pushing for more interoperability and data sharing in healthcare. When you look at how much data is passing through Healthix, it’s kind of hard to comprehend. 50 million patients with 105+ million inbound data is a lot of health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The next public health pronouncement or clinical treatment might emerge from synthetic data : rows of totally invented people that contain no real data but reflects the actual characteristics of a population such as race, gender, and medical conditions. ” The FDA, VA, and others are using synthetic data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. ATA, which represents the full range of providers that deliver telehealth, has intervened with some states as they grapple with health data privacy legislation, he said.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“The security of online data is the top consideration for consumers across many forms of online activities including email, search, social media, banking, shopping and dating”… and using health apps. Those privacy nuances and concerns vary by activity, shown in the first chart here from the study.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 2, 2019

We are just beginning to utilize Healthcare IT data and AI to improve patient outcomes. The article The Importance of a Nursing Data Framework To Achieve Consistent Quality In Health Information Exchange appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. With more than 4 million nurses, the largest segment of the U.S.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. These companies include BetterHelp , Cerebral, GoodRX, Monument, and Workit Health.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Digital Health Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

If for some reason the solar eclipse blacked out your internet, the basic timeline looks like this: April 8 – Rumors began circulating that Epic cut off data access to patient information platform Particle Health. Health data is needed by a broader set of stakeholders in order to serve the patient.”

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Xealth is also integrated with Epic and Cerner, so the clinician can record data on third-party content if desired. Watch this short video demo for more details about how Xealth connects hospitals and health systems to patients at home.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

Today, we’re featuring the Health Information Technology Advisor position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Bachelor degree in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Computer Science, Computer Programming, or similar degree. Familiarity with health information systems.

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