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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. mHealth companies should implement a “zero-trust” approach to securing apps and APIs.

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

With such turbocharged growth on the supply side, Beazley, experts in specialty insurance, explores the risks of digital health and wellness in a new report, Digital health, telehealth and wellness: Attitudes to risk and insurance.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Six in ten people are open to health and wellness services via virtual channels, over half like the idea of remote monitoring linking with at-home devices, and 1 in 2 people would be open to routine appointments through telehealth. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

Those consumers who have adopted some form of digital health tool, whether wearable tech, telehealth visit, or mobile app, seem satisfied with their experiences, which is another key aspect of the so-called “digital transition.” A longer-term solution would be for consumers to control their own health data in secure data lockers.

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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

Health Populi

The ONC study revealed that while a growing group of patients access their electronic health records, 1 in 4 patients did not do so due to privacy and security concerns. Baking in privacy by design must be the go-to strategy for health IT developers to bolster patient trust in their electronic health records.

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Five technology and health blogs from March 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Telehealth is suddenly as critical as it always should have been. TElehealth, HIPAA compliance and innovation tracking. For the past two days, it’s apparent that the seemingly forever slow growth of telehealth adoption has entered a new, “When can I have that? Technology innovation from HIMSS 2020. Read more. .

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

The FDASIA Health IT Report from the Office of the National Coordinator left many unanswered questions about clinical decision support technologies. This guidance will reflect the impact of The 21st Century Cures Act passed by Congress last year on previous FDA guidelines on software.