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Aktivolabs joins Innovators’ Network at American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation

Digital Health Global

The Center is focused on building and fostering health technology relationships to develop innovative and scalable solutions. The Innovators’ Network is a health care technology consortium that connects entrepreneurs, providers, researchers, and payers. ” About Aktivolabs. “It ” About Aktivolabs.

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Aging and Health Technology Watch 2020 Research – A Recap

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Although work is being explored in using the voice as a health diagnostic tool, most uses today are rudimentary and/or experimental. 2020 saw more entrants into this early segment, particularly in voice assistants and new health-oriented skills, refining what works and adds value. But the future is exciting.

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The Importance of Healthcare Cybersecurity: Best Practices for Protecting Patient Data and Ensuring HIPAA Compliance

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

According to the HIPAA Journal , between 2009 and 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights received reports of 4,419 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records each. Best Practices for Protecting Patient Data and HIPAA Compliance. Why Healthcare Cybersecurity is Important.

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Senators intro bipartisan effort toward modernizing health privacy laws

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Broadly popular technologies such as apps and wearables were barely conceivable at the time of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's passage in 1996. "HIPAA must be updated for the modern day. The federal government has taken steps to align privacy policies with the boom in health technologies.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

The “concerned” aspect of the tech-embrace in health care means consumers are also keen to have privacy data protections and procedures in place to prevent their PHI from traveling outside of trusted health care circles. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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ACP, ATA, ORCHA announce new framework supporting health app safety

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

regulations – along with several leading international standards and frameworks, such as ISO 82304-2 in Europe, Digital Technology Assessment Criteria and NICE evidence standards framework in the UK, and DiGA in Germany – the Digital Health Assessment Framework aims to support the adoption of high-quality digital health technologies.