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Who will regulate mHealth? Patient Engagement at Crossroads; New Alliance Takes On Interoperability

Chilmark Research

mHealth, known for rapid innovation and iteration, has a tendency to buck at the snail’s pace of FDA regulation. This could herald a new age of credibility for mHealth. They will need to tread carefully to maintain their objectivity in both certifying apps while at the same time providing a marketplace for mHealth apps.

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Patient as a User - becoming "known to a practice"

Healthcare Exchange Standards

To use these in healthcare we elevate the LoA using the above described online confirmation workflow so that the result is an identity that the patient wants to use, elevated to a higher assurance level through the healthcare driven identity confirmation workflow.See my User Identity topics.

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HIMSS or Bust

Chilmark Research

So if analytics is the engine, what is the steering wheel, what are the tires, is HIE the gas tank, or the fueling station? Looking to HIE, as we mentioned in late 2013 , we see a need to redefine this sector. Where is the next opportunity for value realization for a provider once their HIE is live?

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HIMSS14: Patiently Waiting for Progress

Chilmark Research

HIE vendors are looking to build out patient portals and care coordination applications as they transition from building pipelines to demonstrating value. Instead of looking ahead, HIE vendors are looking at MU2 and assembling a new crop of anemic patient portals that allow VDT and little else. HIEs Look Backward.

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Mobile Health Cloud vs Privacy Regulations

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The discussion started with an article " Warning mHealth security fears are opening doors to app and device innovation " summarizing a study done by Ketchum. There is some strong discussion going on at HL7 around privacy concerns, especially now that HL7 FHIR has enabled easy application writing.

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What is MHD beyond XDS-on-FHIR?

Healthcare Exchange Standards

For More information User Identity and Authentication Patient Privacy Controls Access Control (including Consent Enforcement) Audit Control Secure Communications Document Sharing Management (Health Information Exchange - HIE) Patient Identity mHealth Meaningful Use The Direct Project

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. Increasing healthcare consolidation of hospitals has exacerbated the problem of lack of interoperability. There remain many opportunities for technologies to assist in achieving true interoperability.