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Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

Health Populi

Last year, MITRE developed An Ethical Framework for the Use of Consumer-Generated Data in Health Care, to guide organizations holding peoples’ personal health information on how to be good data stewards and citizens.

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Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Read more… Environmental Health Surveillance Enhances Public Health. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Washington state, posted to Healthcare IT Central. Read more… 3 Things That Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level.

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Better Health Care Tests, Faster

Healthcare IT Today

They also plan to offer APIs to labs and public health organizations, delivering test results securely through an app along with advice about how to handle the risk. Virax Biolabs is also exploring how to get rapid results in the home.

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MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a virtual public meeting this past Friday, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed how – and whether – to permanently expand telehealth in Medicare. "A key issue is how to achieve the benefits of telehealth while limiting the risks," said Tabor.

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Even with fast-growth of the sector, Beazley believes that digital health is still not yet mature, with a pattern of insurance claims still emerging. How to deal? Thus, the industry must focus on the range of risks that can be mitigated from cyber-attacks to human error and system failures.

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

Health Populi

I discussed that important public health/economic challenge here in Health Populi from a RAND report.]. This gets to transparency, regarding how these companies communicate privacy policies to users; and, for health care, this speaks to patients’ concerns about their healthcare privacy. which 1 in 2 U.S.

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Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve System Security Right Now

Healthcare IT Today

Various studies have found that anywhere between 88% to 95% of data security breaches are caused by human error , another indication that the workforce needs to be educated on how to properly follow protocols that protect sensitive data. Step Three: Educate Yourself and Embrace Next-Gen Technology The U.S.

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