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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

– Microsoft has announced advancements in cloud technologies for healthcare and life sciences with the general availability of Azure Health Data Services and updates to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Microsoft took a step to address health data interoperability with Azure API for FHIR in 2019. ORLANDO, Fla.

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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Smile Digital Health Closes $30 Million in Series B Funding to Progress Innovation as World-Leading Health Data Fabric

Healthcare IT Today

(doing business as Smile Digital Health (Smile)), a leading FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider, announced the closing of approximately $30 million in Series B growth capital led by existing investors including UPMC Enterprises.

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Crescendo Health Launches to Improve and Accelerate Clinical Trials By Unlocking Patient Health Data

Healthcare IT Today

As part of its core belief that every person has an absolute right to their own data, the company also makes the information it gathers available to each participant through a secure portal. Crescendo Health helped this organization capture thousands of health events long before and after study enrollment.

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Weekly Roundup – March 25, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Colin Hung interviewed Charlie Harp at Clinical Architecture about how Qualified Health Information Networks will shine a light on data quality issues. Information will be moving more freely, to be sure – but the providers on the receiving end may not be able to make much use of the data they get.

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2024 SPM Update from Board Chair Mary Hennings

Society for Participatory Medicine

Under our agreement with Health Union, we can utilize that curriculum ourselves—as can other organizations with acknowledgement of SPM’s authorship—to advance the mission of SPM. With each event, our audiences grew, and we strengthened our ability to stage them. We are looking at how best to use these materials in 2024.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

health care system challenges Quincy who feels isolated and dis-empowered when it comes to their care – both in terms of accessing services and their personal health information, which is difficult to get. The lack of continuity of care due to fragmentation adds to the cost of care in this health care world.

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