Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 15, 2023

Adding to the growing number of recent FTC investigations about data being shared by telehealth platforms for profit, Cerebral reportedly notified 3.1 million users that their protected health information was shared with tech companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2024

AI can analyze vast amounts of medical data, including patient histories from disparate sources, research studies and current treatment protocols, to provide tailored healthcare recommendations. The use of AI in healthcare brings several ethical considerations that must be addressed. Foremost is the issue of privacy and data security.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The legal action is one of what is likely to be an increasing number of fines issued to telehealth companies profiting from sharing consumers’ health data with advertisers, among other infractions. Under its health Breach Notification, the FTC took enforcement action, imposing a $1.5 million civil penalty against GoodRx.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

In-person visits are still perceived more positively than virtual visits when it comes to telehealth quality, outcomes, convenience and utility, according to a soon-to-be-released healthcare survey of more than 6,000 consumers in the U.S., Overall, three value features for health stand out.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The key difference between RPM and the new RTM codes is that RTM codes can specifically be used to monitor medication adherence, and can include instances when the patient self-reports clinically relevant health information, such as symptoms or side effects.

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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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Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to a recent study by MarkUp and STAT, 49 out of 50 telehealth platforms share sensitive data in ways that may harm healthcare clients and patients. Shared information can include detailed descriptions of health issues, names, street addresses, email addresses, diagnoses, or prescription information.

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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

MAY 16, 2023

Not all “retail health” sites are created equal, U.S. consumers seem to be saying in a new study from Wolters Kluwer Health, the company’s second Pharmacy Next: Consumer Care and Cost Trends survey. adults 18 and over for the latest study, with interviews fielded in March 2023. In 5 years, 61% of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Two main factors underpin clinicians’ feelings of burnout: turnover and understaffing, and compassion fatigue, shown in the graph among two-thirds of the providers in the study. Morale was also compromised by digital technology challenges, as well as financial challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

"The framework will enable us to look for more innovative ways to complement and support the capabilities of our highly skilled workforce, while addressing the risks and challenges that come with the use of AI in health," added NSW Health Minister Ryan Park. The CARe-MED study, which has received A$1.4

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Regarding their level of digital health competency, many are found to be capable of searching for health information and using it to practice a healthy lifestyle while there is low competency in using health information for disease and health management. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2019

Across the four types of tech studied, it’s smartphones that top the list of penetration in rural areas (at 71%), closely followed by computers (desktop or laptop, with 69% adoption), broadband (at 63%) and tablets in fourth/last place (49%).

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The title of the report, “Consumers are on board with virtual health options,” summarizes the bullish outlook for telehealth. But the tagline begs the supply side question: “Can the health care system deliver?” This is roughly equal to patients across all age cohorts in the study.

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Most employers and their workers see the benefits of digital health in helping make health care more accessible and lower-cost, according to survey research published in Health on Demand from Mercer Marsh Benefits. Four in ten people would also trade health information to access more convenient care.

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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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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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InTouch Health

JANUARY 29, 2020

Improving Time Management with Telehealth. Telehealth can help providers make the most of their time on the floor, so they can complete routine processes as efficiently as possible. When used properly, digital technology can improve communication, reduce inefficiency, and help providers find the information they need without delay.

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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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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Disclosing protected health information (PHI) can cause serious harm to a patient’s safety, personal life, and state of mind. That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. Studies show that health data breaches have affected over 250 million Americans since 2010.

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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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InTouch Health

MAY 7, 2020

Our Recent Partnership with Sharp Healthcare Shows the Benefits of Specialty Telehealth. Additionally, the patient’s primary care provider may have trouble sharing information with the specialty provider, which can delay access to care and worsen patient outcomes. How Telehealth Can Help. The Sharp Healthcare Partnership.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies Median hospital margins rose to 2% in November , according to the latest data from Syntellis, and per-physician revenue growth is outpacing per-physician expenses.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The latest report on mental health utilization trends from LexisNexis Risk Solutions shows an 84x increase in utilization of telehealth for mental health in 2022 compared to 2019.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

With perhaps half of behavioral health conditions going undiagnosed, better treatment for conditions such as depression, substance abuse disorder, and anxiety depends on integration with primary care, since that's typically where patients present first. ON THE RECORD.

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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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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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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. In particular, critical access hospitals are 16% less likely than other hospitals to engage in information exchange. Health information network Availity welcomed Sean Keneally as COO.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 21, 2019

That’s the question at the heart of workplace telehealth. The cost savings in workplace telehealth are obvious. It’s not surprising that a Towers Watson study found telehealth had the potential to generate $6 billion in annual healthcare cost savings for U.S. Use telehealth for workman’s compensation issues.

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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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