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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

APRIL 5, 2021

Investments in the digital health sector have fast-grown in the past decade, reaching $14bn in 2020 based on Rock Health’s latest read on the market. Beazley conducted a survey among 376 digital health and wellness practitioners and divined four key themes from the research on risk, growth, insurance, and understanding.

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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. As with other aspects of U.S.

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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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PHASE Scientific Americas Announces INDICAID Health™ At-Home Test Kits and Digital Health Platform

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PHASE Scientific Americas (PHASE Scientific), a fast-growing, global biomedical company developing innovative solutions to revolutionize healthcare diagnostics, announces INDICAID health , its new line of at-home health tests and digital health experiences.

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Bonfire Analytics Raises Oversubscribed $2M Venture Round to Accelerate Digital Health, Medical Device, & Biotech Adoption Across Healthcare Providers

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Already worth $350 billion in 2019, the industry is expected to continue increasing given our rapidly aging population and that national healthcare spend is almost 20% of the GDP , as well as the surge in new digital tools, devices, and therapeutics that can drive better patient outcomes.

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Cerebral Admits HIPAA Breach, Reports Leak of Data On 3.1 Million Users

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Cerebral’s investigation concluded that the data might be considered protected health information and that it had failed to make sure that these third parties met HIPAA requirements for protecting PHI. which it said shared sensitive healthcare data inappropriately.

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Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

“Digital transformation” is the corporate strategy flavor of the moment across industries, and the health are sector isn’t immune from the trend. As this 13th year of the annual Health 2.0 This year’s conference will convene thought leaders across a range of themes, and as is the Health 2.0

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Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We combine a Medicare ACO, virtual and in-home doctors’ office, and a digital health platform to equip our network of physicians with everything they need to be successful in caring for their patients and staying ahead in a rapidly changing healthcare system.

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Profitable Digital Health Platform Healthie Closes on $16M to Enable the Next Generation of Healthcare Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2022

Healthie, ( www.gethealthie.com ) an infrastructure platform for digital health companies, announced today it has raised $16M in an oversubscribed Series A led by Velvet Sea Ventures with participation from Greymatter Capital, Watershed, Builders VC and a customer syndicate. About Healthie.

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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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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

mHealth companies should improve security controls for the most personal health information. Health Populi’s Hot Points: As health care continues to become a hybrid delivery model, omnichannel leveraging virtual care platforms, more patient data will be generated from more sites of care.

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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

A survey from The Harris Poll and ClearDATA found that 81% of Americans incorrectly assume that all protected health information collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA.

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

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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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

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. Remember that digital health literacy is a “super determinant of health.”

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Featured Health IT Job: Sr. Infrastructure Engineer

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Healthcare is currently undergoing an unprecedented transformation through a digital health revolution do you want to be at the epicenter of it? As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry. Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration platforms (e.g.,

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

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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Health Consumers Are Now Amazon-Primed for Healthcare – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 2

Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2019

In the past couple of months, Amazon announced many health-related plans and developments, including: Accepting medical and health savings accounts (HSAs) to pay for consumer health products like over-the-counter drugs. See more on that recommendation, and subsequent social media frenzy, here on Health Populi ).

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Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant – Part 1

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Many countries require web sites to meet accessibility guidelines; in the United States, both the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and HIPAA include such requirements. But services designed without disabled people in mind can be discriminatory. Lawsuits to enforce these regulations have hit many companies.

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

AUGUST 7, 2017

The FDA recently announced its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. Digital health differs significantly from drugs and traditional medical devices around which the FDA has developed its structure and policies over decades. The Action Plan builds on and improves previous digital health guidances.

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The New Kid on the Block: How Blockchain Can Revolutionize Access to Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Data is the bread and butter of the digital health industry. HIPAA is upheld and auditing is easy. DApps release digital health researchers from the long and arduous process of acquiring specific datasets and trying to unify them. The following is a guest article by Guy Tish, Co-Founder and CTO at Briya.

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Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

Health IT

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Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

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. Patients view their health care professionals as “sherpas” to digital health data.

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Weekly Roundup – February 25, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Making Machine Learning Work With HIPAA. Andy Oram chatted with Abhi Sharma at Loyal about what it takes to make HIPAA-compliant chatbots. Kate Barecchia at Imperva identified three common myths about HIPAA requirements that make vendor negotiations difficult but don’t necessarily have to. million in funding.

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Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

Years ago, the Harvard Privacy Project led by Latanya Sweeney at the time had addressed privacy as, “the sword and the shield of public health.” New research in The Lancet , published in a digital health issue for September 2020, looks into public perceptions on data sharing in the UK and USA.

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How One Hospital System Baked Love Into Their Health App

Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

9 in 10 hospitals and health systems prioritize improving the consumer/patient experience, but only 30% of providers are building these capabilities, I wrote in the Health Populi blog discussing Kaufman Hall’s research. pioneer , that #LoveIsTheKillerApp.

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Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Digital health developers shouldn’t have to learn the hundreds of flavors of FHIR implementations and APIs to share data , Patrick Schiess at Darena Solutions told John. Read more… Operational Teams Drive Optimal Health IT System Adoption. Read more… Protecting Your Organization From a Hidden HIPAA Threat.

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Capable Health Raises $6M to Underpin The Next Revolution in U.S. Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2022

Healthcare infrastructure company Capable Health announced today it has raised $6 million in seed funding led by M13, with participation from AlleyCorp and Able Partners. Healthcare providers […].

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Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Read more… Security, Privacy Hurdles Plague AI-Driven Health Services. The intersection of HIPAA and AI technology presents new challenges for developers and patients alike, according to Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan at Inflectra.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. digital health tools will allow for expanded access to high-quality care, increased patient engagement, and more efficient care delivery. With the shortage of healthcare professionals in the U.S.,

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

Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2018

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

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This gets to transparency, regarding how these companies communicate privacy policies to users; and, for health care, this speaks to patients’ concerns about their healthcare privacy. Many personal information flows don’t fall under the HIPAA umbrella if the company isn’t a business associate.

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Economist, Advisor, Trend Weaver, THINK-Health & Founder, Health Populi blog. Mark Savage, Director, Center for Digital Health Innovation, University of California, San Francisco. . • Lygeia Ricciardi, President, Clear Voice Consulting. Scott Stuewe, President & CEO, DirectTrust.

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Bonus Features – September 25, 2022 – More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine, Sequoia Project releases info blocking resources, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Research from digital therapeutic Hello Health published in the American Heart Association’s Hypertension journal concluded that digital tools for self-management of hypertension improve clinical outcomes throughout the patient population across gender, age, race, and additional factors.

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Vital Secures $24.7 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Its Artificial Intelligence-Driven Software for Patients, Hospitals and Health Systems

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

Funding to Accelerate Reach of Solutions, Already on Pace to Impact One Million Patient Lives in 2023 Vital , a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital health company improving the patient experience, today announced that it has raised $24.7 For more information, please visit vitaler.com or follow us on Twitter.

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IKS Health Purchases AQuity Solutions to Create the Most Comprehensive Provider of Administrative, Clinical and Financial Services for Healthcare Organizations in the U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This acquisition advances IKS Health’s Care Enablement Platform, consisting of technology and service offerings that span revenue optimization, clinical support, value-based care, and digital health solutions.

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Clearwater Adds 24/7 Managed Detection and Response Services and HITRUST, CMMC and PCI Certification Services Through Acquisition of TECH LOCK

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

In addition, TECH LOCK brings strength across several areas of compliance that complement Clearwater’s deep HIPAA expertise. Clearwater is the leading provider of cybersecurity, risk management, and HIPAA compliance software , consulting, and managed services for the healthcare industry. About Clearwater. About TECH LOCK.

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Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2023

Colin stepped in for John Lynn on the latest episode to interview Rob McDonald at Virtru about the importance of a data-centric approach to zero trust and also how to use automation and encryption to improve HIPAA compliance without placing an additional burden on front-line workers.

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Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) is now even expressing the importance of adopting digital health technologies to address key health system challenges and support equitable care and access.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Sagnik Bhattacharya, CEO at Rhapsody The winners will figure out how to adopt digital health solutions and integrate them into healthcare workflows at a lower cost. Interoperability isn’t a goal unto itself.

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

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

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

PHASE Scientific Americas Announces INDICAID Health™ At-Home Test Kits and Digital Health Platform

Bonfire Analytics Raises Oversubscribed $2M Venture Round to Accelerate Digital Health, Medical Device, & Biotech Adoption Across Healthcare Providers

Cerebral Admits HIPAA Breach, Reports Leak of Data On 3.1 Million Users

Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation

Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Profitable Digital Health Platform Healthie Closes on $16M to Enable the Next Generation of Healthcare Delivery

The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

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

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

My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Featured Health IT Job: Sr. Infrastructure Engineer

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

Health Consumers Are Now Amazon-Primed for Healthcare – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 2

Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant – Part 1

Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The New Kid on the Block: How Blockchain Can Revolutionize Access to Healthcare Data

Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

Leslie Krigstein of CHIME on Health IT Challenges and Opportunities – Harlow on Healthcare

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

Weekly Roundup – February 25, 2023

Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

How One Hospital System Baked Love Into Their Health App

Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Capable Health Raises $6M to Underpin The Next Revolution in U.S. Healthcare

Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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

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

Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

Bonus Features – September 25, 2022 – More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine, Sequoia Project releases info blocking resources, and more

Vital Secures $24.7 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Its Artificial Intelligence-Driven Software for Patients, Hospitals and Health Systems

IKS Health Purchases AQuity Solutions to Create the Most Comprehensive Provider of Administrative, Clinical and Financial Services for Healthcare Organizations in the U.S.

Clearwater Adds 24/7 Managed Detection and Response Services and HITRUST, CMMC and PCI Certification Services Through Acquisition of TECH LOCK

Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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