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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. A big piece of addressing the cybersecurity healthcare challenge is educating people who work in healthcare settings, and that has been under-funded.

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Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

Health Populi

The evidence for telehealth’s tipping point is rooted in new research published today by Accenture on Patients + Doctors + Machines, Accentures’ 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health. Convenience and the “Amazon Prime’ing” of consumers has come to health care underpinning consumerism. Accenture surveyed 2,301 U.S.

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Effective Healthcare Strategies Driving Better Health Outcomes

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Effective healthcare strategies play a vital role in driving better health outcomes for patients and populations. This blog post discusses examples of effective healthcare strategies and provides tips for developing and implementing them. This approach reduces errors, duplication, fragmentation, gaps, and delays in care.

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Considering Technology Adoption -- AARP’s 2008 Healthy@Home

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The iPhone had just been released in June of 2007, so this survey did not ask about smartphone use – there was no Digital Health (a " check engine light for your body! "); the Longevity Economy hadn’t been invented; Fitbit was a 2007 new clip-on tracker , and Facebook was still a campus toy. That was the good news.

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HIMSS24: Showcasing Clinical Benefits from Digital Health

Xealth

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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Reproductive Health Data: Open Standard Offers Access Control, Revocation, and Other Traits

Healthcare IT Today

She says that many consumer apps are prioritizing features and revenue over helping individuals easily and securely aggregate, store, and control their health information. Koss pointed me to a November 2021 survey called Modernizing Consent to Advance Health and Equity. ” (Page 9 of the survey.).

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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

eVisit

What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new! I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world.