Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

When it comes to sharing data, patients are most comfortable doing it for reasons related to treatment (71%) as compared to payment (39%), operations (28%), or public health (23%). Among organizations surveyed, 64% rely on external expertise for project planning and 71% do so for production.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

"Many patients, particularly those with chronic conditions, were at a loss to balance public health recommendations to isolate at home with routine medical appointments." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. licenses to medical and behavioral health providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative , issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memorial Hermann Health System. “It Fold Health has emerged from stealth mode with $6 million in funding.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. Looking for love, empathy and lower costs for health care. As health consumers, U.S. healthcare system.

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