Mend

MARCH 27, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been in place for three years. This has had myriad effects on Telehealth policies as well as how providers deliver digital care. At the time, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) were not eligible. Mend is here to help.

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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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Digital Health Global

MARCH 8, 2023

The company’s offering is announced amidst the unwinding of the public health emergency, which had allowed for the continuous enrollment of members. The company’s offering is announced amidst the unwinding of the public health emergency, which had allowed for the continuous enrollment of members.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Promise of Digital Health Exists, Connected Health Initiative Urges Congress to Achieve Potential January 31, 2023—Today, ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) released its priorities for the 118 th Congress. Number of U.S. Full details of CHI congressional priorities can be read here.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The “concerned” aspect of the tech-embrace in health care means consumers are also keen to have privacy data protections and procedures in place to prevent their PHI from traveling outside of trusted health care circles. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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Mend

APRIL 4, 2023

As we head closer to the public health emergency (PHE) end date of May 11, 2023, providers must prepare for changes. This will enable them to invest in emerging technologies and adapt to the digital health landscape. As the PHE ends, it’s essential to know what is changing so you can prepare.

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

.” Molly and I covered a lot of ground here , starting with the key forces shaping and accelerating virtual care across the continuum.

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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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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Yet these aspects of data privacy (and others) are central to the needed trust bridge between patients and the health care providers, clinicians, researchers, and teams that are meant to have peoples’ best interests in bolstering their health, and more broadly community and public health. adults in the COVID-era.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S.

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E-CareManagement

JUNE 27, 2021

Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Economist, Advisor, Trend Weaver, THINK-Health & Founder, Health Populi blog. This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it.

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E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Economist, Advisor, Trend Weaver, THINK-Health & Founder, Health Populi blog. This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2023

Read more… Environmental Health Surveillance Enhances Public Health. Dr. Mark Pratt at Altera Digital Health suggested that prioritizing usability, enhancing interoperability, and offering flexibility can make next-level EHRs possible. Read more… 3 Things That Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

I discussed that important public health/economic challenge here in Health Populi from a RAND report.]. 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. which 1 in 2 U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services once again (for the ninth time) extended the public health emergency this past month , stretching it beyond mid-July. But sooner or later, that provision of the Public Health Service Act will draw to a close. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Early players in the telehealth game, UMMC presented on years of experience and growth, teaching future clinicians the benefit of the ever emerging and evolving field of digital health. Basically anyone involved or interested in digital health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 25, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to play a role in health care for predictive analytics, personalization, and public health. On 26th January, I’ll moderate a tweetchat at 1 pm Eastern time, brainstorming the current and future state of and opportunities for AI in health care.

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Health System CIO

APRIL 8, 2020

Relaxation of HIPAA rules. Public health risks w/ residents & med students. . * Ramping up telehealth incrementally. Resistance to technology enablement – “Some of those barriers are melting away.”. Virtual care becoming “the norm, not a one-time event.”. Bold Statements.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These include developing better mechanisms for integrating prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data into EHRs, as well as exploring whether legislative or regulatory changes to HIPAA (or the interplay between HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2) are needed to continue to respect patient privacy while ensuring that data is made available to enable the best (..)

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These include developing better mechanisms for integrating prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data into EHRs, as well as exploring whether legislative or regulatory changes to HIPAA (or the interplay between HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2) are needed to continue to respect patient privacy while ensuring that data is made available to enable the best (..)

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These include developing better mechanisms for integrating prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data into EHRs, as well as exploring whether legislative or regulatory changes to HIPAA (or the interplay between HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2) are needed to continue to respect patient privacy while ensuring that data is made available to enable the best (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. These activities should be multi-disciplinary, including representatives from the Compliance Department, Information Technology, HIPAA, and Legal.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These include developing better mechanisms for integrating prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data into EHRs, as well as exploring whether legislative or regulatory changes to HIPAA (or the interplay between HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2) are needed to continue to respect patient privacy while ensuring that data is made available to enable the best (..)

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These include developing better mechanisms for integrating prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data into EHRs, as well as exploring whether legislative or regulatory changes to HIPAA (or the interplay between HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2) are needed to continue to respect patient privacy while ensuring that data is made available to enable the best (..)

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

These include developing better mechanisms for integrating prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data into EHRs, as well as exploring whether legislative or regulatory changes to HIPAA (or the interplay between HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2) are needed to continue to respect patient privacy while ensuring that data is made available to enable the best (..)

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 21, 2023

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pivot , a behavioral change digital health company, today published long-term results from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Pivot Breathe, its digital tobacco cessation program. Cigarettes are a causative agent in nearly all of the highest cost chronic health conditions,” said David S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. Growing adoption of “broad-spectrum” self-care – including digital health tools. healthcare system.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

But for those of us working with and innovating solutions for health and health care, #CES2021 was baked with health goodness , in and beyond “digital health” categories. In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

A Surge in Virtual Health Overnight, the pandemic exposed shortcomings in the healthcare system, leading to widespread adoption of virtual care services by patients and clinicians. OpenLoop’s network of 6000+ certified clinicians spans all 50 states, offers 30+ digital health specialties and speaks 15 different languages.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. Healthcare is undergoing a digital transformation, and innovation is accelerating. Digital health solutions stand outside of healthcare providers’ IT systems.

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

In the past few years, what event or innovation has had the metaphorical impact of hitting you upside the head and disrupted your best-laid plans in health care? A few such forces for me have been the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of Chat-GPT, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

digital health tools will allow for expanded access to high-quality care, increased patient engagement, and more efficient care delivery. Growth of digital health: Digital health technologies, such as wearable devices and health apps, will become more widely used to monitor and manage health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2023

The largest county in the Lower 48 switched from a spreadsheet to a map to track 10,000 assets tied to environmental health. Data visualization led to more informed decision-making and led the public health department to roll out interactive maps for animal control, emergency response, family health, and more.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While health care has been slower than other industries to leverage digital transformation, COVID-19 accelerated change — revealing some key barriers blocking the potential for more fulsome transformation, the OECD explains in its latest version of Health At A Glance for 2023 with a detailed chapter on “digital health at a glance.”

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2022

The report is rich with both data and frameworks that are useful to this week’s Retail Health Battle Royale brainstorm here in Health Populi as well as broader considerations for digital health ethics and health citizenship for U.S. health/care stakeholders. healthcare ].

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