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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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

Health Populi

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign this into State law later this year.

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Patient Requested Restrictions

Healthcare Exchange Standards

As part of my advisory position on SHIFT Shift (formerly Protecting Privacy to Promote Interoperability PP2PI) was founded in 2018 and formalized in 2020 with a mission to advance safe, equitable, and patient-empowered sharing of health information. So I now end up reviewing and commenting on very targeted sections.

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HHS Fact sheet on Ransomware and HIPAA

Healthcare Exchange Standards

HHS has produced an 8 page fact-sheet on Ransomeware and HIPAA that is fantastic. Just 8 pages, packed with very readable, reasonable, reasoned, and backed by long standing Security and Privacy HIPAA Regulation. It is so good that I have very little to say as any emphasis I would add is already in the 8 pages.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Let’s discuss how to tackle them and explore the IT solutions essential for modern healthcare institutions. State documents define rules for collecting, storing, processing, and transmitting medical information.

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What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023 

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. What's less clear this time around, Leary said, is how communities that need the assistance access the funding. " Leary said.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).