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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

That is the profound connection between clinicians and patients that contributes to burnout and eroding morale — especially in primary care. One of the key differentiators for the high performing health systems? Strong primary care backbones for all health citizens. BDO notes that only 2 in 3 U.S.

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Elation Health and Surescripts® Partnership Supports Patient-Specific Prescription Cost Transparency for Primary Care Clinicians at Point of Care

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 23, 2024

Surescripts , the Arlington, Virginia–based information technology company, is the nation’s leading health information network. Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer for Surescripts. About Elation Health Elation Health is the most trusted technology platform for high-value primary care.

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Patients: Take back your health information. Here’s how.

KevinMD

JULY 16, 2019

Have you ever wondered why your personal health information essentially belongs to your health care provider or institution? I mean: why do they keep your information under lock and key, and you have to sign a release to get it? Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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How telehealth is starting to reshape primary care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

At Columbia, South Carolina-based Prisma Health, "we’re on a journey pursuing aspects of digital health," said Dr. Mark Wess, the health system's vice president and chief health information executive. "The asynchronous virtual visit for primary care is one of those."

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K Health launches free primary care app, announces $12.5 new funding

Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

Personalized health information company K Health has launched a free primary care app. Called K, the app’s AI references a history of diagnoses and treatments to deliver users an insight about how their condition would likely be treated, and can also connect users to a network of primary care providers.

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While U.S. leads in IT tools for patients, primary care doctors still struggle to coordinate care

FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 11, 2019

leads in aspects of health information technology, its primary care physicians still struggle to coordinate patient care and communicate with other health and social service providers, according to a new study. While the U.S.

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Aledade Secures $260 Million Series F Financing Round to Expand and Enhance Services for its Nationwide Network of Primary Care Practices

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2023

Company Adds Two Board Members and a Senior Executive to Lead its Medicare Advantage Business Aledade , the largest network of independent primary care practices in the country, today announced the closing of a $260 million Series F funding round to enhance and acquire services and technology to support its practices.

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By-Latinos, For-Latinos Healthcare Startup Zócalo Health Closes $5 Million in Funding to Launch Primary Care Services

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will support the company’s launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington in 2022, introducing an improved and long overdue healthcare experience for Latinos built on trust, community, and culture. “We Despite this growth, the U.S. About Mariza Hardin.

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The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. The Act paves the way for patients to become more pro-active partners in their care. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand. Access alone, however, is not sufficient.

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Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. Related Stories Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic CIO – Harlow on Healthcare Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare.

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While Virtual Care is “Table Stakes” in Health Care, Consumers Are Growing More Protective About Data-Sharing

Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

Patients’ willingness to share their personal health information is eroding, varying by age group and race/ethnicity along with the kind of organizations folks would share with. The most likely services consumers would use via telehealth versus in-person care are to refill prescriptions, the #1 preferred virtual care service.

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Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. million (around $700,000) in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Led by Flinders University, the safe@home project has received nearly $1.1

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Getting Health Care at a Retail Pharmacy vs a Retail Store: Consumers May Be Favoring the Pharmacist Versus the Retailer

Health Populi

MAY 16, 2023

Strikingly, the trust deficit with retail stores for medical care was substantial, with 80% of consumers telling Wolters Kluwer that they would “probably never” go to a department store for health care. In 5 years, 61% of U.S.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Data service firm LogicStream Health is collaborating with FDB , integrating the FDB MedKnowledge database into its Drug Supply App.

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ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

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One Medical Joins Amazon to Make It Easier for People to Get and Stay Healthier

Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We’re on a mission to make it dramatically easier for people to find, choose, afford, and engage with the services, products, and professionals they need to get and stay healthy, and coming together with One Medical is a big step on that journey, said Neil Lindsay , senior vice president of Amazon Health Services.

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Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. Related Stories Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Ed Marx, Cleveland Clinic CIO – Harlow on Healthcare Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare.

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Cigna expands access to covered telehealth services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Beginning in January of next year, Cigna enrollees in employer-sponsored plans can get routine care, sick visits, prescription refills or follow-up services via telehealth through MDLIVE's network of primary care providers. The plans require no referrals for in-person visits with in-network healthcare providers.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Data service firm LogicStream Health is collaborating with FDB , integrating the FDB MedKnowledge database into its Drug Supply App.

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Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 30, 2024

The statewide nonprofit health information organization will send and receive Admit, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) notifications at no cost for most CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants through new exchange EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

health care system challenges Quincy who feels isolated and dis-empowered when it comes to their care – both in terms of accessing services and their personal health information, which is difficult to get. The lack of continuity of care due to fragmentation adds to the cost of care in this health care world.

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HIMSS24: Showcasing Clinical Benefits from Digital Health

Xealth

MARCH 26, 2024

Digital innovation now has the results to back it up – as shown by speakers, including our COO and Co-Founder Aaron Sheedy and ChristianaCare’s Chief Health Information Officer and VP of Digital Clinical Transformation Dr. Timothy Shiuh in their joint session “ Using Digital to Fill White Space Between Appointments.”

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AHRQ program seeks provider organizations to help improve hybrid telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

The program aims to improve the cancer diagnostic process in telemedicine-enabled primary care settings by strengthening safety culture and helping practices to close the loop on care transitions and other vulnerable processes along the cancer diagnostic pathway. Dr. Hardeep Singh is principal investigator.

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Particle Health Appoints Dr. Carolyn Ward as Director of Clinical Strategy

Digital Health Global

APRIL 12, 2023

As a practicing board-certified primary care physician, Dr. Ward has experienced firsthand the frustration that providers and patients face when it comes to navigating data accessibility and usability challenges.

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New HL7 FHIR Accelerator Project Aims to Improve Interoperability of Social Determinants of Health Data

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 22, 2019

Health Level Seven International (HL7), the global authority for interoperability in health information technology, and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the only medical society devoted solely to primary care, are pleased to announce that the Gravity Project is now part of the HL7 FHIR Accelerator Program.

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Amazon Care Partners with Ginger to Add Behavioral Health Services

Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 24, 2022

As a result of this partnership, patients’ health information will be shared by both companies. . According to Amazon Care, the partnership with Ginger will make it easier for people to access physical and mental health care. Our primary care providers treat a range of common behavioral health concerns.

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Why telemedicine must play a central role in solving the specialist shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2023

Historically, virtual care technology was used for primary and urgent care; more recently, it has been deployed to support narrowly focused, condition-specific point solutions, or point-in-time solutions like second opinion. Accelerate access to leading physicians.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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Bonus Features – December 3, 2023 – Only 40% of orgs say EHRs help manage burnout, cost optimization is top strategy for 70% of payers, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Other Product News Analytics firm Trilliant Health released Market Explorer , which provides insight into network performance at the local level. Sales Tampa Bay-area Brandon Area Primary Care implemented eClinicalWorks. Joseph’s/Candler Health System implemented MEDITECH Expanse Ambulatory and MEDITECH Expanse Oncology.

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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

Eventually, telemedicine will become the primary care delivery model, combined with better diagnostic tools, device integration and data interoperability. Studies predict that continued telemedicine usage will improve the quality of care and reduce healthcare spending anywhere from 15% to 20%.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe. Product and Company News Medical image sharing platform Pocket Health launched Appointment Reminders for hospital and imaging center users.

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Healthcare Costs, Access to Data, and Partnering With Providers: Patients’ Top User Experience Factors

Health Populi

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Thinking about their health care experiences, consumers most-highly ranked having open access to their medical records and partnering for shared medical decisions with their health care providers as key to meaningful health engagement. The red bars indicate the percent of U.S.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The integrated EHR automatically includes patient history and clinical information with the outpatient EHR used by primary care providers and specialists, including order-entry capability for follow-up, medication reconciliation, secure messaging and notifications to outpatient providers that patients had been hospitalized.

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Quarterly Thought Conference – Telehealth Tech Panel Discussion

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MARCH 12, 2019

Panel participants: • Teague Johnson with UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation. Josh Scales with Tennessee Primary Care Association Health Information Technology. Greg Hall with University of Mississippi Medical Center IT Department. Follow this link to register: [link].

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Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Wearable vendor Circular released Circular Ring Slim, a health and biometric monitor that weighs 2 grams and is 2.2 Surescripts has applied to become a QHIN through its subsidiary Surescripts Health Information Network. Sales Four organizations are adopting Oracle Health CommunityWorks , and two others have completed a go-live.

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Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. Any patient should be able to see a physician or care provider without spending valuable time recounting their history.

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EHRs can advance good medicine: if doctors are aware of the risks

KevinMD

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Nearly all hospitals and 80 percent of medical practices use electronic health records (EHRs), presumably to help improve access to health information and increase productivity. Today, that critical balance is at risk. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond.

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

Included Health is partnering with Dispatch Health to connect virtual primary care to in-home urgent medical care. Awards and Certifications Health information network eHealth Exchange earned HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year and NIST Certification for its HUB Platform. as Chief Medical Officer.

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How to switch from phone to video telehealth on a limited budget

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2020

It operates 32 community health centers located in medically underserved communities in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan, which have been exceptionally hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic; and in Ulster and Dutchess counties, 90 miles north of New York City. THE PROBLEM.

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Microsoft unveils Azure IoT Connector for FHIR, to help with RPM security

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2020

Microsoft is previewing its new Azure IoT Connector for FHIR, an API feature that enables healthcare organizations to scale secure connectivity for an array of devices streaming protected health information. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Embracing Automation to Increase Connection

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2023

The following is a guest article by Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP, Family Medicine Physician and Chief Medical Officer of the Clinician Solutions Team at 3M ’s Health Information Systems Division The release of ChatGPT has ignited dueling flames of excitement and concern regarding the potential of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Elation Health and Surescripts® Partnership Supports Patient-Specific Prescription Cost Transparency for Primary Care Clinicians at Point of Care

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Patients: Take back your health information. Here’s how.

How telehealth is starting to reshape primary care delivery

K Health launches free primary care app, announces $12.5 new funding

While U.S. leads in IT tools for patients, primary care doctors still struggle to coordinate care

Aledade Secures $260 Million Series F Financing Round to Expand and Enhance Services for its Nationwide Network of Primary Care Practices

By-Latinos, For-Latinos Healthcare Startup Zócalo Health Closes $5 Million in Funding to Launch Primary Care Services

The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

While Virtual Care is “Table Stakes” in Health Care, Consumers Are Growing More Protective About Data-Sharing

Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

Getting Health Care at a Retail Pharmacy vs a Retail Store: Consumers May Be Favoring the Pharmacist Versus the Retailer

Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

One Medical Joins Amazon to Make It Easier for People to Get and Stay Healthier

Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Dr. Rob Lamberts, Direct Primary Care, and the Future of Healthcare – Harlow on Healthcare

Cigna expands access to covered telehealth services

Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

HIMSS24: Showcasing Clinical Benefits from Digital Health

AHRQ program seeks provider organizations to help improve hybrid telehealth

Particle Health Appoints Dr. Carolyn Ward as Director of Clinical Strategy

New HL7 FHIR Accelerator Project Aims to Improve Interoperability of Social Determinants of Health Data

Amazon Care Partners with Ginger to Add Behavioral Health Services

Why telemedicine must play a central role in solving the specialist shortage

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

Bonus Features – December 3, 2023 – Only 40% of orgs say EHRs help manage burnout, cost optimization is top strategy for 70% of payers, plus 19 more stories

Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare Costs, Access to Data, and Partnering With Providers: Patients’ Top User Experience Factors

Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Quarterly Thought Conference – Telehealth Tech Panel Discussion

Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

EHRs can advance good medicine: if doctors are aware of the risks

Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

How to switch from phone to video telehealth on a limited budget

Microsoft unveils Azure IoT Connector for FHIR, to help with RPM security

Embracing Automation to Increase Connection

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