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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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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

CMS is the federal agency that administers HIPAA standards and develops Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement policies for telemedicine. HD : HD stands for high definition and refers to video that is a higher resolution than standard. CMS : Stands for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

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

Health Populi

“Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300. And, there are over 500 mentions of the word, “security.” ” Privacy and security concerns are mainstream among Americans in 2020.

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Mobile Health Cloud vs Privacy Regulations

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The discussion started with an article " Warning mHealth security fears are opening doors to app and device innovation " summarizing a study done by Ketchum. Although we do have HIPAA, GINA, 42-CFR Part 2, and many state augmentations. Healthcare does have some unique issues, like that the data can't be revoked or recalled.

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Three Big Questions for Stage 3 & Patient Engagement

Chilmark Research

The definition provides only a general description, leaving a lot of possibility for interpretation and application down the road. Yet the definition above makes PGHD seem to carry more of an health risk assessment (HRA)-like utility, where patients fill out a survey and have it sent to their doctors in advance.

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

If you’re being compliant or adherent you’ll read those three first: SaMD: Key Definitions (2013), SaMD: Possible Framework for Risk Categorization and Corresponding Considerations (2014), and SaMD: Application of Quality Management System (2015).) Comments Digital health figures in FDA's 2018 strategic roadmap.

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Voice Health Summit Spotlight 2018

Consumer eHealth Engagement

patient portals) to mobile applications (mhealth) and now to voice and conversational assistants. Real Problem Definition: Sara Holoubek, CEO Luminary Labs emphasized the importance of deciding who (e.g. Several organizations are anxiously awaiting for HIPAA compliant voice devices. depression, suicide risk).