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“Seeing Is Not Believing:” Consumers Concerned About the Accuracy of Online Health Information

Health Populi

“Seeing is not believing” when it comes to people seeing health information on social networks. Four in five people seeking healthcare information online in social media are concerned about the accuracy of that information served up. healthcare system and use of connected health technologies.

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Bonus Features – July 24, 2022 – OCR resolves 11 HIPAA enforcement actions, ONC releases USCDI v3, and more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. It should not take a federal investigation before a HIPAA covered entity provides patients, or their personal representatives, with access to their medical records,” OCR Director Lisa J.

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Doctors and nurses raise the alarm on WhatsApp being used to transmit patient medical information

Lloyd Price

The website providing a guide to the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) asks the pertinent question: is using WhatsApp in a professional setting by healthcare workers compliant with the law? But could all that be getting out in the wild if professionals exchanged it via WhatsApp?

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Cerebral Telehealth: 2023’s Second Largest Patient Data Breach

Telebehavioral Health Institute

million users that their protected health information was shared with tech companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok. The strategy involves promising consumers their information is safe, only to knowingly provide that sensitive, perhaps even protected, health information to marketing companies for profit.

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

Health Populi

This study found that most Americans are fairly or very concerned about sharing their data with companies, as well as how companies use and store consumers’ personal data. Many personal information flows don’t fall under the HIPAA umbrella if the company isn’t a business associate.

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Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “very confident” in their efforts, and more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. of its Security Risk Assessment Tool , with updated features including the ability for organizations to track response to HIPAA security vulnerabilities inside the tool.

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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Virtual cardiology care company Heartbeat Health is working with Caption Health , which applies AI to heart ultrasounds, to make scans and follow-up appointments available via telehealth.