Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

But trust is in short supply when it comes to consumers openness to share their personal information we learn through a new study published in JAMA , Consumer Willingness to Share Personal Digital Information for Health-Related Uses. Remember that in 1996, there were no smartphones, mobile apps, or Internet clouds.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

Across all of the tech categories AARP studies, younger-elders between 50 and 59 tend to demonstrate higher levels of device adoption than people 70 and older. Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. legislators can get on the same privacy page.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

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. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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. I called this out in my 2019 book, HealthConsuming: from health consumer to health citizen.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

have a smart people at home, only 1 in 13 Americans have used a voice assistant like Alexa or Google Assistant for health care. But over one-half of consumers would like to access a voice assistant for some aspect of their health care, according to a study from Orbita and Voicebot , Voice Assistant Consumer Adoption in Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2020

According to the company's website, the software integrates into a provider's electronic health record, allowing for electronic, HIPAA-compliant patient reports to be transferred into an EHR system. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich. Email: kjercich@himss.org.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released another announcement about its BetterHelp investigation of privacy practices, outlining six recommendations for owners of telehealth services. “Personal information” may be “health information” simply due to the nature of the product or service.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 1, 2023

Adding fuel to the recent firestorm surrounding the report of the top 50 telehealth startups’ alleged sharing of sensitive patient data with large marketing companies, a new study has raised similar marketing practices in 98.6% percent of these hospitals routinely sent sensitive health information to third parties.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The black market price tag of stolen protected health information (PHI) can go for $60 a record, compared to roughly $1 for a credit card or social security number. But the Covid-19 pandemic has forced nearly everyone in healthcare to reckon with both, thanks to two dynamics: The rapid adoption of telehealth solutions.

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2018

We who work in healthcare must pose the questions: going forward, how trusting will patients, consumers and caregivers be sharing their personal health information (PHI)? Health information breaches are more highly valued by cyber-attackers as they are worth more than, say, consumers’ bank account or credit card identities.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) are technologies that have revolutionized the healthcare industry. Studies prove that this not only improves patient outcomes, but also reduces healthcare costs for both the patient and their provider, making healthcare more accessible and efficient for all.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 1, 2023

Adding fuel to the recent firestorm surrounding the report of the top 50 telehealth startups’ alleged sharing of sensitive patient data with large marketing companies, a new study has raised similar marketing practices in 98.6% percent of these hospitals routinely sent sensitive health information to third parties.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Adding fuel to the recent firestorm surrounding the report of the top 50 telehealth startups’ alleged sharing of sensitive patient data with large marketing companies, a new study has raised similar marketing practices in 98.6% percent of these hospitals routinely sent sensitive health information to third parties.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Adding fuel to the recent firestorm surrounding the report of the top 50 telehealth startups’ alleged sharing of sensitive patient data with large marketing companies, a new study has raised similar marketing practices in 98.6% percent of these hospitals routinely sent sensitive health information to third parties.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

" Froedtert Health and ThedaCare in Wisconsin are also merging and hope to unify quickly and launch as an 18-hospital system before the close of the year. Read HITN Managing Editor Bill Siwicki's recent Froedtert-focused case study here. The following month, the Journal reported that Froedtert Health posted a loss of $43.5

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Those privacy nuances and concerns vary by activity, shown in the first chart here from the study. Even with those concerns, it is important for health care industry stakeholders as stewards of peoples’ personal health information to understand the findings in this third chart from Morning Consult’s research.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies . The Sequoia Project released several resources to help organizations comply with the information blocking requirements of the 21st Century CURES Act.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Telehealth expanded dramatically in response to the COVID pandemic. Now that providers, patients, payers and public officials have seen the benefits, it is almost certain that telehealth will continue to play an increasingly important role in our healthcare delivery system. By Kim Stanger. IDAPA 24.31.01.055). See, e.g. , I.C. §

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Telehealth expanded dramatically in response to the COVID pandemic. Now that providers, patients, payers and public officials have seen the benefits, it is almost certain that telehealth will continue to play an increasingly important role in our healthcare delivery system. By Kim Stanger. IDAPA 24.31.01.055). See, e.g. , I.C. §

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

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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care innovations

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Larger companies may be able to more readily take on this financial risk, but the process of a clinical trial is still likely to take years , with no certain outcomes (a 2009 National Academy of Sciences study found that 75 percent of drug research costs are sunk in products that fail to move out of the clinical trial phase). convenience.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

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. Check out Estonia and Switzerland for case studies on that.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released another announcement about its BetterHelp investigation of privacy practices, outlining six recommendations for owners of telehealth services. “Personal information” may be “health information” simply due to the nature of the product or service.

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GlobalMed

MAY 19, 2020

Regulations around telehealth are changing amid COVID-19. Many people assume that seniors who may not adapt to technology as quickly as younger generations, aren’t interested in telehealth. It’s important to consider how you will manage telehealth as part of your practice. Do I Need a Secure, HIPAA Compliant Solution?

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape of ambulatory care with rapid shifts to telehealth. Many states have directed insurers to temporarily cover COVID-19-related services via telehealth while mandating parity of reimbursement for telehealth visits with in-person visits for their Medicaid program.

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American Well

MAY 9, 2018

As the fifth most common cause of death and the leading cause of long-term adult disability in the world, strokes pose a widespread public health dilemma. Perhaps most importantly, telehealth providers also need to have a concrete process to monitor quality and outcome metrics.

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American Well

MAY 9, 2018

As the fifth most common cause of death and the leading cause of long-term adult disability in the world, strokes pose a widespread public health dilemma. Perhaps most importantly, telehealth providers also need to have a concrete process to monitor quality and outcome metrics.

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American Well

JULY 17, 2017

As the fifth most common cause of death and the leading cause of long-term adult disability in the world, strokes pose a widespread public health dilemma. Perhaps most importantly, telehealth providers also need to have a concrete process to monitor quality and outcome metrics.

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American Well

JULY 17, 2017

As the fifth most common cause of death and the leading cause of long-term adult disability in the world, strokes pose a widespread public health dilemma. Perhaps most importantly, telehealth providers also need to have a concrete process to monitor quality and outcome metrics.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Data service firm LogicStream Health is collaborating with FDB , integrating the FDB MedKnowledge database into its Drug Supply App.

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American Well

APRIL 18, 2014

If you follow the latest developments in health care, you may have noticed: telehealth has taken off. Our country is focused on making health care more accessible for Americans, and naturally, telehealth has emerged as a key innovation that can help to make this a reality. What is telehealth? By Dr. Peter Antall.

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American Well

APRIL 18, 2014

If you follow the latest developments in health care, you may have noticed: telehealth has taken off. Our country is focused on making health care more accessible for Americans, and naturally, telehealth has emerged as a key innovation that can help to make this a reality. What is telehealth? By Dr. Peter Antall.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 1, 2023

It facilitates the real-time collection, transmission, and evaluation of health information from any patient location to their healthcare provider. The use of RPM and telehealth has become increasingly popular in the U.S. Telehealth – RPM is often used in conjunction with telehealth to provide virtual care to patients.

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In Hand Health

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Even as I write this, the momentum of telehealth is bulldozing its way through dated reimbursement policies. Over the past two months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun shifting its policies in favor of telemedicine and telehealth services. But where will those profits come from? PT is not far behind.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 10, 2023

According to a study published in the National Library of Medicine, empowering patients with knowledge and skills to manage their health conditions not only leads to better patient outcomes but also reduces healthcare costs and improves patient satisfaction.

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