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Our Mobile Health Data: Shared, Identifiable, and Privacy-Deprived

Health Populi

This compromised health data privacy scenario comes out of research published this month in the BMJ , Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis. Will Americans benefit from a U.S.-style style GDPR?

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

Health Populi

Overall, 75% of consumers trust medical doctors, and 69% trust nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled the long-anticipated ONC Cures Act Final Rule for health data interoperability. In the case of the Rule, the data will be provided to us via our smartphones.

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

Health Populi

Furthermore, this week Google made news about how it will absorb the DeepMind AI business into the larger Google Health unit. Some analysts and privacy lawyers question how Google will handle patients’ (assumed private) health data, a volatile question for the UK’s National Health Service as I draft this post.

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The Different Types of Telehealth

iSALUS Healthcare

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Often used for seniors or in senior living areas, remote patient monitoring is the collection of a patient’s health data from a patient or resident in one location that is then electronically sent to a healthcare professional (provider, nurse, etc.) for monitoring and review.

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COPD Management: A Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring in 2024

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Through RPM, patients can use wearable devices and mobile health applications to transmit data such as oxygen saturation levels, respiratory rate, and activity levels to their healthcare providers in real-time. These apps often integrate with wearable devices, allowing seamless data sharing and analysis.

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Philips’ Future Health Index 2019 report focuses on the role digital health technology plays in improving both the clinician and patient experience

Lloyd Price

The FHI finds that, despite the majority of individuals wanting access to their digital health record (DHR) and being prepared to share it more widely with healthcare professionals, insufficient data sharing currently takes place. This is especially true for data collected by individuals themselves. Source : [link]

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Collaborative agreement : A collaborative agreement is the relationship between a physician who serves in a supervisory role and a nurse practitioner who is delivering clinical services to a patient. Originating site: The originating site is the location the telemedicine patient is in at the time of remote patient service.