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

Health Populi

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

Healthcare IT Today

Online mental provider Cerebral, Inc. has admitted that it inappropriately shared private health data on 3.1 million of its users, a problem that arose from its use of pixel-based tracking technologies which gather and share data on people who visit the site. The FTC’s proposed order would impose a $7.8

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

Health Populi

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies

Healthcare IT Today

This is a huge set of tasks, yet at the ATA’s annual policy meeting at the end of 2022, it added a data policy workgroup to its activities. Zebley describes the formation of the data policy workgroup as an organic development. HIPAA was last revised in 2013.

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BetterHelp Investigation by FTC & Privacy Update by DOJ

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The FTC announcement clarified that email addresses constitute personally identifiable health information because email addresses identify visitors as people seeking mental health care. “Personal information” may be “health information” simply due to the nature of the product or service.

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BetterHelp Investigation by FTC & Privacy Update by DOJ

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The FTC announcement clarified that email addresses constitute personally identifiable health information because email addresses identify visitors as people seeking mental health care. “Personal information” may be “health information” simply due to the nature of the product or service.

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Weight Management and Nutrition: What You Should Know

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

How Nutrition and Weight Management Help Reduce Depression and Anxiety Food choices have a significant impact not only on one’s physical well-being but also on their mental health. You can share your health data, ask questions, and receive feedback from your healthcare provider through a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform.