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Honor Your Doctor – It’s National Doctors Day Today (and EveryDay)

Health Populi

The 2020 WebMD survey on the state of physicians showed a growing anomie among doctors working in the U.S. Increasing computerization of practice, especially due to EHR implementation. There are several factors contributing to the un-wellness of U.S. doctors, including: Too many bureaucratic tasks. Too many hours at work.

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

Health Populi

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. More younger people would be interested in downloading personal health records compared with older people.

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

Health Populi

Health care system financing, delivery, and workflows widely vary across nations around the world. “Open APIs will make it easy for consumers — acting through authorized third parties — to gain direct access to their EHRs and their personal clinical data. Enhanced data privacy and data protection.

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

Health Populi

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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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and access, Paul Ginsberg, Director of Public Policy at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics cites some key drivers of consolidation. There are many considerations when EHRs collide. Other non-clinical considerations.

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Top Six Healthcare Executive Challenges in 2019

Henry Kotula

Living with EHR choices. Despite the hype and hopes surrounding EHRs, many organizations have found that they are failing to deliver on their expectations. The survey of 100 executives also found that less than 25% believe their EHRs can deliver on core KLAS criteria for value.

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Health Is Social – The Social Determinants of Health at HIMSS19

Health Populi

We’ll be brainstorming the current state of SDoH adoption in health care delivery, what’s preventing further adoption, and what we would do with a magic wand to promote a full health care ecosystem embrace of SDoH. Does the U.S. need a new-and-improved HIPAA or more over-arching new national privacy law like a USGDPR?

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