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Some Telehealth Platforms Are Tracking Sensitive Patient Data: Are They Violating HIPAA?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Shared information can include detailed descriptions of health issues, names, street addresses, email addresses, diagnoses, or prescription information. Key aspects of HIPAA that might be relevant include: HIPAA requires covered entities (e.g., They may or may not be governed by HIPAA. Clash of the Titans?

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

Health Populi

Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. I’ve mined the US data of this global survey to divine insights for health/care. They are licensed, trained, and tested for service.

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Consumer Trust, Privacy and Healthcare – Considering #HIMSS18 in the Stark Light of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Health Populi

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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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Health Populi

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018.

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

Health Populi

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

State documents define rules for collecting, storing, processing, and transmitting medical information. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

Health Populi

Three-fourths of healthcare providers experienced a data breach in 2017, according to the HIMSS 2018 Cybersecurity Survey. Health data insecurity is the new normal. Only 41% of healthcare workers say they receive security training, a Forrester study learned in January 2018.