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

Health Populi

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. 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.

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Most Americans See Rise of Mental Health Issues, And Poorly Treated by the Health System (with a postscript on Walmart Health)

Health Populi

Quite the opposite, 3 in 4 Americans say mental health is treated worse. And one-half of people in this study said they had experienced depression, anxiety, or another mental or emotional condition in the past 12 months. Gallup and West Health conducted the study in early February 2024 among 2,266 U.S.

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Cerebral Telehealth: 2023’s Second Largest Patient Data Breach

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Adding to the growing number of recent FTC investigations about data being shared by telehealth platforms for profit, Cerebral reportedly notified 3.1 million users that their protected health information was shared with tech companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S. adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. Willingness in sharing health data with insurers, pharmacies, research institutions all fell between 2019 and 2020.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. Clinical sites that had long ignored the appeals of telehealth advocates suddenly adopted virtual visits. Improved workflows.

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Cybercriminals seek to take advantage of rapid telehealth scale-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The massive expansion of telehealth services in response to the pandemic is likely to change the way bad actors target data. A new report from Booz Allen Hamilton notes that telehealth security is a patient-safety issue, considering the potentially catastrophic risks that come with service disruptions and device failures.

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Telecom companies are quietly building a big presence in HealthTech: 5 Case Studies explore further

Lloyd Price

Telecom companies are using these advantages to develop a wide range of HealthTech solutions, including: Telehealth: Telecom companies are partnering with healthcare providers to deliver telehealth services, which allow patients to consult with doctors and other healthcare professionals remotely.