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Alexandra Hospital leverages cloud-based service to help patients avoid preventable chronic disease

Healthcare It News

Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health technology company ConnectedLife and Fitbit. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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FCC Launches Inquiry into Broadband Connectivity for Maternal Health

HIT Consultant

. – The United States faces rising maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity rates, and research indicates that many of these issues are preventable. Additionally, the inquiry will examine the use of broadband-enabled health technologies in maternal care and identify barriers preventing their access and utilization.

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LifeMD Integrates with Withings: GLP-1 Weight Loss with In-Home Monitoring

HIT Consultant

– With these devices, LifeMD is setting a new standard in virtual care by providing clinicians with near real-time and actionable patient data that can drive compliance, enhance clinical decision-making, encourage preventive healthcare, and, most importantly, improve long-term outcomes. .

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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The Clinician of the Future: A Partner for Health, Access, Collaboration, and Tech-Savviness

Health Populi

In 3 years’ time, globally, 7 in 10 clinicians expect that both physicians AND nurses will be expert int he use of digital health technology, and would be a desirable outcome. clinicians for the 2023 research (fielded in April and May 2023).

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Partnering Up in the Health Care Ecosystem to Drive Transformation – for Organizations and Health Consumers Alike

Health Populi

What fuels that transformation is data and the insights the right data can generate. And that data will be generated from many sources, frequently siloed and decentralized which can prevent aggregation, mash-up, and analysis.

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Perspectives on Data Privacy for Direct-to-Consumer Health Apps

Bill Of Health

These apps provide a window into some of the key issues in the world of digital health — including data privacy, data access, data ownership, bias, and the regulation of health technology. Deborah DiSanzo is president of Best Buy Health for Best Buy Co.