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Shaping the future of health technologies

Digital Leaders HealthTech

I’m a health systems guy and these lists are about health technologies that have moved health systems forward, rather than deep or niche technologies. You can now search for health information online, simply by typing in your symptoms. Mobile health. We still do. Web-based healthcare .

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Wolters Kluwer Survey Reveals Two-Thirds of Patients Still Have Questions After Healthcare Visits

Digital Health Global

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–While Americans increasingly access health information online, a new survey commissioned by Wolters Kluwer Health reveals that most would prefer to receive educational materials directly from a trusted, expert source – their own healthcare providers.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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HIPAA Considerations When Adding Video Calling To a Health App

SightCall

HIPAA regulates how patients’ information must be handled by healthcare professionals (covered entities) and their partners (business associates). As an example, the covered entity could be a health insurance company while the business associate could be a startup that utilizes Protected Health Information (PHI) for its mHealth app.

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Sound security practices key to fulfilling telehealth's promise, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the same time, 48% percent of respondents said they'd be unlikely to use virtual care again if their own protected health information was compromised due to a telemedicine-related breach – women (54%) more so than men (41%). THE LARGER TREND. " ON THE RECORD.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. adults were online health information hunters. By 2017, 8 in 10 U.S. In the meantime, in the U.S.,

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Featured Health IT Job: IT Intern, Corporate Support Services

Healthcare IT Today

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.