Digital Health, Health Data, HIPAA and Survey

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

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.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

The pandemic ushered in millions of peoples’ first digital health experiences, many of which will persist according to the 23rd Annual U.S. CTA conducted an online survey among 2,409 U.S. adult 18 and over in April 2021 to gather data for this annual report. Eleven years later, Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Some, but not necessarily a majority, of consumers see benefits in using digital health — primary for wellness and prevention, and to get a better understanding of personal health.

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

The supply side of digital health tools and tech is growing at a hockey-stick pace. There are mobile apps and remote health monitors, digital therapeutics and wearable tech from head-to-toe. Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. For this research, AARP worked with Ipsos to survey (online) 2,607 people ages 50 and over in June and July 2019.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. I’ve mined the US data of this global survey to divine insights for health/care. They are licensed, trained, and tested for service.

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. adults were online health information hunters. By 2017, 8 in 10 U.S. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

When it comes to sharing data, patients are most comfortable doing it for reasons related to treatment (71%) as compared to payment (39%), operations (28%), or public health (23%). Among organizations surveyed, 64% rely on external expertise for project planning and 71% do so for production.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

APIs can enable “Data liberación,” a concept proposed by Todd Park when he worked in the Obama administration. Without securing patients’ personal health data leveraging APIs, those intimate details are highly hackable explained in All That we Let In , a report from Knight Ink and Appr0ov.

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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018.

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

But trust is in short supply when it comes to consumers openness to share their personal information we learn through a new study published in JAMA , Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Digital Information for Health-Related Uses. The study was conducted to assess consumers’ views on sharing personal data for health purposes.

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Health care system financing, delivery, and workflows widely vary across nations around the world. Being Philips, what underpins that quality and experience is technology; Philips explored telehealth, AI, digital health records (DHRs), and other digital health tools that can engage patients.

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Patients Don’t Trust Big Tech with Personal Health Information Much Preferring Healthcare Providers as Data Stewards

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2023

Nearly all patients are concerned about their medical records getting leaked or breached, which is The State of Patient Privacy , the title of a consumer study from Health Gorilla with a headline finding that “Patients don’t trust Big Tech with their health data.”

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Federal Trade Commission Gets Involved in GoodRx Telehealth Company Crackdown

Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The legal action is one of what is likely to be an increasing number of fines issued to telehealth companies profiting from sharing consumers’ health data with advertisers, among other infractions. Under its health Breach Notification, the FTC took enforcement action, imposing a $1.5 Misrepresented its HIPAA Compliance.

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Weekly Roundup – October 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Read more… How Will Data Utilities Evolve ? Experts agreed that health data utilities are in their early stages but will start to see additional value when they engage with government agencies in their communities and enable data sharing across state lines. Read more… Acting on SDoH Analysis.

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Wearable Tech for Health Tracking, Online Dating and Banking: Exploring the “Fluidity” of Peoples’ Data Privacy Views

Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In other words, most consumers are concerned about privacy and security for nearly every activity they undertake where personal data is shared, digitally — from storing photos online to using email, paying bills online or sharing health data. Morning Consult surveyed 6,631 U.S.

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Telemedicine Today (#tday): December 2015

American Well

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Telemedicine may just be the biggest trend in digital health in 2015. The important point here is secure HIPAA compliant messaging, not your traditional text, Skype or Facetime. And 71 percent said they’d like to see their providers use an app to book appointments, share health data and manage preventive care.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2022

An ONC blog post described how the tool works: Developers answer questions about the type of health data the app will collect, the intended use of the app, and the type of entity developing the app to determine whether the app is subject to HIPAA, the information blocking rule, or other federal laws.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

A 2018 national survey found that 39% of U.S. teens and young adults say they have gone online to try to find people with health conditions similar to their own and 61% say they have read, listened to, or watched other people share about their health experiences online. Not really.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Bardy Diagnostics is a digital health and remote patient monitoring company focused on addressing a long-standing complaint by cardiac electrophysiologists and cardiologists regarding their frequent inability to clearly distinguish the P-wave on ECG strips of existing monitors. And the list will continue to be updated over time.

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Americans Most-Trust Health Care Providers With Their Data – But Are They Right To Do So?

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2019

I pose, prompted by this month’s survey from POLITICO and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health on data privacy and e-cigarettes. One in four were very concerned that information could be used against them as a barrier to accessing health care or landing a job. Are people clear-headed about this perception?

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

The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

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

Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Patients Don’t Trust Big Tech with Personal Health Information Much Preferring Healthcare Providers as Data Stewards

Federal Trade Commission Gets Involved in GoodRx Telehealth Company Crackdown

Weekly Roundup – October 21, 2023

Wearable Tech for Health Tracking, Online Dating and Banking: Exploring the “Fluidity” of Peoples’ Data Privacy Views

Telemedicine Today (#tday): December 2015

When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Americans Most-Trust Health Care Providers With Their Data – But Are They Right To Do So?

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