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Carequality releases final resolution in Epic and Particle Health's data dispute

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Nonprofit network Carequality released a redacted version of a dispute resolution between Epic and Particle Health that resolves a conflict over healthcare data exchange practices.

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Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data

Fierce Healthcare

MAY 19, 2023

Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data aburky Fri, 05/19/2023 - 16:16

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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 5, 2023

Information-blocking rules now in effect have expanded the variety and types of data healthcare organizations are subject to under the 21st Century Cures Act, and there are still a lot of misconceptions about requirements and how to comply. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. ON THE RECORD. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

Healthcare It News

APRIL 22, 2024

Digitalisation in healthcare holds the promise of optimising processes and expanding access to care. In the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, individual healthcare providers offer their own patient portals. This means if a person visits multiple facilities, they must use different portals to access their health data.

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HHS finalizes reproductive health data protections

Health Care Dive

APRIL 23, 2024

HIPAA-covered entities will be barred from disclosing patient records on abortion, IVF or other reproductive healthcare that could be used in an investigation.

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Epic EHR Now Enables Direct Patient Access to Health Data

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2024

Patients will soon be able to directly share their health data with various apps of their choice, marking a significant step forward in data interoperability. Epic, as a qualified health information network (QHIN), has been instrumental in developing and implementing TEFCA.

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FTC Strengthens Health Data Breach Notification Rule to Protect Consumers

HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

What You Should Know: – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized significant changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) , aiming to improve consumer protection in the digital age. This ensures these platforms are held accountable for safeguarding health data.

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FTC slaps GoodRx with $1.5M fine for sharing users' health data with Facebook, Google

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

fine for sharing users' health data with Facebook, Google aburky Wed, 02/01/2023 - 15:28 FTC slaps GoodRx with $1.5M

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Putting patients at the heart of digital healthcare

Healthcare It News

MAY 28, 2024

Crowded waiting rooms, stressed medical staff, and time pressure during diagnostic examinations—these are familiar challenges faced by many healthcare facilities and they require urgent attention. After all, it should be the patients themselves who benefit most from digitalization in healthcare.

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DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2023

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The International Weaponization of Health Data

Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 18, 2022

International collaboration through the sharing of health data is crucial for advancing human health. The Rise of Big Data in Healthcare. And even greater potential is unlocked when data can be pooled (and accessed) from around the world. citizens’ health data with China. By Matthew Chun.

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National Healthcare Group eyes digital records for community care

Healthcare It News

JULY 28, 2024

Community care partners of the National Healthcare Group in Singapore have been provided access to a digital platform for managing health programmes and potentially creating digital records. Accredify also shared that the organisation can potentially introduce verifiable healthcare records through the online portal.

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The power of resilient and redundant healthcare technology systems

Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

How resilient and redundant systems keep health data flowing during a crisis (like cyber-attacks).

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Cerebral shared private health data on 3.1M users for years with advertisers, social media platforms

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 16, 2023

Cerebral shared private health data on 3.1M users for years with advertisers, social media platforms agliadkovskaya Thu, 03/16/2023 - 10:57

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Truveta's health data platform launches with $200M, insights on COVID breakthrough infections

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Truveta's health data platform launches with $200M, insights on COVID breakthrough infections. Tue, 11/09/2021 - 14:59.

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New Incentive Program for Exchanging Public Health Data Launches

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What You Should Know: – eHealth Exchange , a health information exchange network, is offering an incentive program to encourage early adoption of public health data sharing. Reduced Costs: Efficient data exchange can help public health agencies operate more efficiently and allocate resources more effectively.

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TEFCA goes live in 'Big Bang' for nationwide health data sharing

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Seven years in the making, a nationwide network to exchange patient data called the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement is now operational, marking a critical step in establishing unive | Seven years in the making, a nationwide network to exchange patient data called the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement is now operational, (..)

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FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data

Fierce Healthcare

MAY 18, 2023

FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data aburky Thu, 05/18/2023 - 12:23

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House to discuss national data privacy bill with implications for healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 16, 2024

. | The House Energy & Commerce Committee holds a legislative hearing to discuss a slate of privacy and online safety bills Wednesday, one of which would give consumers more control over health data collected by apps and big tech.

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45% of U.S. Adults Say AI In Healthcare Is Trustworthy, 20% Note Privacy Of Health Data Violated

HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

What You Should Know: Healthcare.com polled over 1,000 U.S. 33% of Gen Zers and 29% of Millennials say they experienced AI in medical treatments, compared to 21% of Gen Xers and 7% of Boomers. What You Should Know: Healthcare.com polled over 1,000 U.S.

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Microsoft releases data-driven updates for healthcare cloud

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Microsoft this week unveiled new capabilities to help solve some common roadblocks to enhancing patient engagement and effective health team collaboration, and to help support healthcare organizations more easily leveraging their enterprise data warehousing to fuel clinical and operational analytics. WHY IT MATTERS.

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The continued & evolving role of digital fax in health data exchange

Healthcare It News

JULY 8, 2022

Sponsor: Concord Technologies Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Interoperability Patient Engagement Privacy & Security Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: The continued & evolving role of digital fax in health data exchange Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: Exclude (..)

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Digital pharmacy startup Truepill confirms hackers accessed health data for 2.3M users

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Postmeds, doing business as Truepill, confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of more than 2.3 Postmeds, doing business as Truepill, confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of more than 2.3 million patients. million patients.

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Healthcare Dealmakers—Kaiser's Risant targets Cone Health; FTC's antitrust win and more

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 2, 2024

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, retailers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge.

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HHS unveils major revamp to shift health data, AI strategy and policy under ONC

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 25, 2024

This is a breaking story and will be updated. | The Office of the National Coordinator will now take on more responsibilities for technology oversight and data and AI policy development previously under other agencies.

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23andMe Launches Health Action Plan Based on Genetic/Health Data

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It offers customers specific actions and next steps on their health journey. – 23andMe reminds customers that they should not use Health Action Plan to replace a visit to their primary healthcare provider.

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Labcorp Joins CommonWell Health Alliance to Advance Nationwide Health Data Exchange

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

What You Should Know: – CommonWell Health Alliance , a prominent force in healthcare interoperability , is proud to announce Labcorp , a global leader in laboratory services, as its newest member. This collaboration will further advance FHIR interoperability and improve the accessibility and usability of crucial health data.

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HIMSS24: Healthcare continues to make gains in data exchange with 49% jump in electronic prior authorization

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 10, 2024

ORLANDO, Florida—The industry continues to make substantial gains in health data exchange and interoperability, according to new data released by health information network Surescripts.

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General Catalyst, a16z and Rock Health back Ribbon Health's $43.5M series B to build out health data platform

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

General Catalyst, a16z and Rock Health back Ribbon Health's $43.5M series B to build out health data platform. Tue, 11/16/2021 - 16:32.

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HHS proposes rule shoring up HIPAA to protect reproductive health data, including around abortions

Health Care Dive

APRIL 12, 2023

Privacy lawyers said the regulation, if finalized, would insulate physicians from the chilling effect of abortion bans, freeing them to have honest conversations with patients about their healthcare options — even in states where abortion is illegal.

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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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

HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

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. In medicine – as opposed to, say, advertising – data is a public good.

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The Light Collective amplifies its call for patient data rights

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

designed to help ensure that patient concerns about health data aggregation are given the stage. WHY IT MATTERS Large corporations and social media platforms continue to aggregate patient data and profit from it, the collective says. But, patients want healthcare's use of AI to be clear.

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Roundup: MedTech Europe welcomes European Health Data Space, AI detects interval breast cancers, and more briefs

Healthcare It News

MAY 6, 2022

MedTech Europe welcomes launch of European Health Data Space. The European Commission this week launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will allow citizens to access their health data in any EU member state. NHSE tech director Harjeet Dhalival to join Palantir.

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RadiantGraph Launches Integration Platform to Untangle Healthcare Data Chaos

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

What You Should Know: – AI has proven effective in enabling health plans to hyper-personalize communications, engage consumers, and enhance outcomes, including CAHPS and star ratings. According to recent statistics, 80% of employees would increase their usage of health benefits if the experience were tailored to their individual needs.

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UHG says it's rebuilding Change Healthcare with cloud-based security

Healthcare It News

MAY 2, 2024

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty testified on May 1 before both the House and Senate about the seismic February 21 cyberattack of UHG subsidiary Change Healthcare, which was infiltrated by the ALPHV ransomware gang. His testimony offered a glimpse into the technical side of the attack and, and UHG's incident response.

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CRISP Awarded $255M Grant to Accelerate Public Health Data Modernization

HIT Consultant

JULY 12, 2024

What You Should Know: – CRISP Shared Services (CSS) , a leading non-profit focused on public health data exchange technology, has been selected as an Implementation Center awardee under the newly launched $255M National Implementation Center Program. Zane Networks: An award-winning provider of healthcare transformation services.

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Health Gorilla Launches Patient Access Solution Enabling Access to Health Data from Health Information Networks

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Accessing comprehensive data seamlessly from national exchanges has traditionally been limited to specific use-cases, such as treatment. Accessing comprehensive data seamlessly from national exchanges has traditionally been limited to specific use-cases, such as treatment.

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Smile Digital Health Closes $30M to Expand Health Data Fabric Platform

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2023

(doing business as Smile Digital Health) (“Smile”), a FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider raises $30M in Series B growth capital led by existing investors including UPMC Enterprises.

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Patientory Launches Blockchain App Enabling Patients to Earn Money for Their Health Data

HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2023

Patientory is a consumer-facing mobile dApp putting patients in control of the data they create but previously a challenge to control being confined to patient portals. A premium feature is the care plan that gamifies helping users make healthy choices on a day to day basis to earn rewards.

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Amid growing concern about data privacy, Invitae shines spotlight on how it uses de-identified health data

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Amid growing concern about data privacy, Invitae shines spotlight on how it uses de-identified health data. Wed, 12/07/2022 - 18:35.

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NextGen’s Mirth Connect Vulnerability Could Compromise Health Data

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 30, 2023

What You Should Know: – Mirth Connect , by NextGen HealthCare, an open source data integration platform widely used by healthcare companies has been reportedly vulnerable that would allow cyberattackers to gain access compromise sensitive healthcare data.

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Harmony Healthcare IT Acquires Trinisys to Expand Data Management Capabilities

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2024

What You Should Know: – Harmony Healthcare IT, a leading innovator in health data management solutions, has announced the acquisition of Trinisys , a prominent data management company based in Nashville, Tennessee. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Singapore to Pass Comprehensive Health Data Law

Triage Health Law

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On December 4, 2023, Singapore’s Ministry of Health (Ministry) announced that the nation’s first ever comprehensive health data law, the Health Information Bill (Bill), will be introduced in mid-2024. A set of Cyber & Data Security Guidelines for Healthcare Providers (Guidelines) was also published.

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Carequality releases final resolution in Epic and Particle Health's data dispute

Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data

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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data

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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

HHS finalizes reproductive health data protections

Epic EHR Now Enables Direct Patient Access to Health Data

FTC Strengthens Health Data Breach Notification Rule to Protect Consumers

FTC slaps GoodRx with $1.5M fine for sharing users' health data with Facebook, Google

Putting patients at the heart of digital healthcare

DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports

The International Weaponization of Health Data

National Healthcare Group eyes digital records for community care

The power of resilient and redundant healthcare technology systems

Cerebral shared private health data on 3.1M users for years with advertisers, social media platforms

Truveta's health data platform launches with $200M, insights on COVID breakthrough infections

New Incentive Program for Exchanging Public Health Data Launches

TEFCA goes live in 'Big Bang' for nationwide health data sharing

FTC claims fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive health data

House to discuss national data privacy bill with implications for healthcare

45% of U.S. Adults Say AI In Healthcare Is Trustworthy, 20% Note Privacy Of Health Data Violated

Microsoft releases data-driven updates for healthcare cloud

The continued & evolving role of digital fax in health data exchange

Digital pharmacy startup Truepill confirms hackers accessed health data for 2.3M users

Healthcare Dealmakers—Kaiser's Risant targets Cone Health; FTC's antitrust win and more

HHS unveils major revamp to shift health data, AI strategy and policy under ONC

23andMe Launches Health Action Plan Based on Genetic/Health Data

Labcorp Joins CommonWell Health Alliance to Advance Nationwide Health Data Exchange

HIMSS24: Healthcare continues to make gains in data exchange with 49% jump in electronic prior authorization

General Catalyst, a16z and Rock Health back Ribbon Health's $43.5M series B to build out health data platform

HHS proposes rule shoring up HIPAA to protect reproductive health data, including around abortions

Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

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

The Light Collective amplifies its call for patient data rights

Roundup: MedTech Europe welcomes European Health Data Space, AI detects interval breast cancers, and more briefs

RadiantGraph Launches Integration Platform to Untangle Healthcare Data Chaos

UHG says it's rebuilding Change Healthcare with cloud-based security

CRISP Awarded $255M Grant to Accelerate Public Health Data Modernization

Health Gorilla Launches Patient Access Solution Enabling Access to Health Data from Health Information Networks

Smile Digital Health Closes $30M to Expand Health Data Fabric Platform

Patientory Launches Blockchain App Enabling Patients to Earn Money for Their Health Data

Amid growing concern about data privacy, Invitae shines spotlight on how it uses de-identified health data

NextGen’s Mirth Connect Vulnerability Could Compromise Health Data

Harmony Healthcare IT Acquires Trinisys to Expand Data Management Capabilities

Singapore to Pass Comprehensive Health Data Law

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