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HIM Professionals Advocate For Uniform HIPAA Protection Across Social, mHealth Apps

Electronic Health Reporter

Members of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) called on Congress to better serve and protect the growing population of healthcare consumers who use technology – such as social media, wearables and mobile health (mHealth) apps – to manage their health. on this issue, among […].

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mHealth Guide to HIMSS19

mHealth Insight

Next week (11-15 February 2019) in Orlando (USA) 45,000 delegates will attend the world’s biggest Healthcare IT Conference and Exhibition and we’ll be there for meetings and to learn about and share mHealth innovations with readers of the mHealth Insight blog. Cardinal Analytx (USA/Booth 888-33). Humetrix (USA/Booth 6578).

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

The pandemic has accelerated the use of digital health across its many segments: telehealth, mHealth, software platforms, behavioral health, digital therapeutics, among them. With fast growth in the public health crisis comes evolving and growing risks that, in the midst of the pandemic hurricane, have gone unattended.

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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. Although we do have HIPAA, GINA, 42-CFR Part 2, and many state augmentations. Healthcare does have some unique issues, like that the data can't be revoked or recalled.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

CMS is the federal agency that administers HIPAA standards and develops Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement policies for telemedicine. HIPAA : HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , is a healthcare compliance law providing data security and privacy for the safeguarding of patient medical information.

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

Health Populi

I haven’t yet read all 1,244 pages of the Rule, but I gleaned sections on consumer privacy which underpins one of my two pillars on what’s a Health Citizen (FYI, as described in HealthConsuming , the second feature is health care as a civil right in a nation providing universal health care).

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

Comments Digital health figures in FDA's 2018 strategic roadmap. by David Harlow […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and.