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A Profile of Health Consumer-Generations’ Use of Digital Health – Rock Health Takes Us Through the Ages

Health Populi

The youngest cohort of health citizens, Gen Z, are Wellness Explorers, Rock Health coins, most owning a wearable or connected device and two-thirds tracking at least one health metric that way — menstruation ranking first, followed by weight and physical activity.

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Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

Healthcare IT Today

We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. Mobile health technologies, such as nudges, self-scheduling, and asynchronous communication, empower patients to modify their behaviors.

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Addressing Challenges in Rural and Underserved Areas and Ensuring Equitable Access to Healthcare Services with Digital Health

Healthcare IT Today

Matt Whitmer, Chief Revenue Officer at TeleVox / Mosaicx Digital health innovations, such as telehealth services, AI chatbots, and virtual agents, are crucial in bridging the healthcare access gap in rural and underserved areas. The biggest barrier in these member populations isnt just geography; its data accuracy.

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How a rushed California law will change the privacy and security landscape for mobile health apps

Mobi Health News

Greene, JD, MPH, a partner and co-chair of Davis Wright Tremaine’s health information practice, and former Senior Health Information Technology and Privacy Specialist at the HHS Office for Civil Rights, where he was responsible for applying the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules to health IT.

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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Health Populi

sought health information online in 2020, a slight decline from 2018. More young women than young men looked for health info online, as well as more Hispanic/Latinx and White youngers compared with Blacks. A new mental health risk arose in 2020 in the U.S. Some 8 in 10 younger people in the U.S.

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Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) Profile

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The MHDS Profile specifies how a collection of IHE profiles can be used by communities for exchanging health information. These IHE profiles include support for patient identification, health document location and retrieval, provider directories, and the protection of privacy and security. 3 - Section 4.0 3 - Section 4.0

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 2: Bit by Bit, Putting It Together – Planning, Implementing, Pivoting

Health Populi

In our third and final conversation in this series to be published in late June, Richard and I will brainstorm the future of cybersecurity in health care– considerations, scenarios, and wild cards to keep in mind as we continually plan to bolster information security (and trust) across the health care ecosystem. Stay tuned!