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FTC Strengthens Health Data Breach Notification Rule to Protect Consumers

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. – These updates clarify the rule’s application to modern technologies like health apps and expand the information healthcare providers must disclose in the event of a data breach. This ensures these platforms are held accountable for safeguarding health data.

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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data

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After accounting for other patient engagement factors, such as age, gender, education or health status, the racial and ethnic disparities persisted, Richwine says. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. " Black and Hispanic people were not offered (5.2

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The Future of Human Health May Require Unlocking Access to Our Health Data

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Cambron Carter, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Pearl The synergy of artificial intelligence (AI) and medical imaging has opened new horizons for healthcare. In healthcare, the stakes are high–higher, arguably, than in any other areas of AI deployment.

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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

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Alok Mandal, Head of Healthcare Consulting, Virtusa Massive disparities continue to plague healthcare in the United States. Health equity means ensuring that health resources and services are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, geography, ethnicity, or financial circumstances.

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Stanford uses AI to navigate health information sharing with teens and their families

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the sharing of health information is a delicate balance, especially when it comes to teenagers. THE PROBLEM Patient portals facilitate efficient sharing of health information between patients, their families and healthcare providers.

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HIMSSCast: Whole person care and data interoperability drivers

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Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare. Like what you hear?

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Majority of teen patient portals accessed by guardians, raising privacy concerns

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A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that more than half of adolescent patient portal accounts with outbound messages were accessed by guardians. All three institutions allow adolescents to have their own MyChart accounts through the Epic EHR. WHY IT MATTERS.