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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 9, 2023
DC Health Link hack exposed health data on legislators: media reports pminemyer Thu, 03/09/2023 - 11:07
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Epic, Particle Health dispute exposes broader challenges with sharing patient data, health IT experts say
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2024
Medical records software giant Epic and venture-backed health tech company Particle Health are mired in an ongoing dispute over healthcare data exchange practices.
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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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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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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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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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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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b.well Connected Health Secures $40M to Revolutionize Fragmented Healthcare Landscape
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
What You Should Know: – b.well Connected Health , a leading platform provider for connected healthcare ecosystems raises $40M in Series C funding led by Leavitt Equity Partners. Expansion Plans This Series C funding round further fuels b.well’s mission to address the long-standing issue of healthcare fragmentation.
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CDC contracts health data collective Truveta to study COVID, maternal health and pediatric care
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 22, 2024
Truveta, the real-world data analysis company backed by dozens of health systems and other life sciences groups, won a multi-million-dollar contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent | The real-world data collective won a multi-million-dollar contract, which will give government researchers access to the deidentified patient records (..)
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Data breach at debt collector affects almost 2M healthcare patients
Health Care Dive
JULY 18, 2022
It’s the second-largest health data breach this year after the Shields Health Care Group cyberattack in March, per HHS data.
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U.S. Virgin Islands Launches Health Data Interoperability Pilot
HIT Consultant
JUNE 26, 2023
signed a Letter of Intent with CRISP Shared Services to participate in a health data interoperability pilot program that will lay the foundation for OHIT’s Health Information Exchange in the Territory. What You Should Know: U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert Bryan Jr. Why It Matters OHIT Director Michelle M.
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Governing Health Data for Research, Development, and Innovation: The Missteps of the European Health Data Space Proposal
Bill Of Health
MARCH 23, 2023
By Enrique Santamaría Together with the Data Governance Act (DGA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) will most likely form the new regulatory and governance framework for the use of health data in the European Union.
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Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market to Reach $750B by 2033
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 11, 2024
What You Should Know: – The healthcare industry is poised for a seismic shift, powered by a disruptive technology: blockchain, according to the market.us, the Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market report. This translates to enhanced security and peace of mind for both patients and healthcare providers.
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ONC drafts Federal Health IT Plan for 2024-2030, calls for public comment
Healthcare It News
MARCH 28, 2024
This draft plan puts an emphasis on the importance of an equitable integration of healthcare IT across public health sectors and highlights the significance of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence. ” Enterprise Taxonomy:
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6 Executive Health Data Predictions to Watch in 2023
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 9, 2023
Driven in part by the growth of Medicare Advantage and oncology, both of which require the data within medical notes rather than just claims and labs data, organizations will start to use their unstructured EMR data in entirely new ways. Rob Cohen, CEO at Bamboo Health. Tim O’Connell, MD, founder and CEO of emtelligent.
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Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare: Empowering healthcare to deliver meaningful outcomes
Cloud Blogs
APRIL 12, 2023
Healthcare organizations continue to face complex challenges of evolving patient expectations, talent shortages, workforce burnout, and financial operational insecurity. This application provides a comprehensive view of member data and member insights in one place for payor organizations.
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Culmination Bio Raises $10M to Bring Longitudinal Health Data to Biopharma
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Biotech and life sciences companies collaborate with Culmination Bio to swiftly access retrospective patient data and efficiently reach thousands of prospective patients for their studies. “With support from our investors, Culmination Bio is raising the bar for healthcare innovation,” said Lincoln Nadauld, MD, Ph.D.,
What do patients really want from a great healthcare experience?
Healthcare It News
MARCH 13, 2022
Patients have significantly more power than they used to in their relationships with healthcare providers and payers. The last year or two have tested healthcare ecosystems across the globe in previously unimaginable ways. Enterprise Taxonomy:
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When is it Okay to Use Your Health Data To Recommend Helpful Products?
Healthcare Leadership
AUGUST 28, 2022
I recently had a conversation about the mountain of health-related mobile apps that are currently available for “free”. I was lamenting how many people were downloading and using these solutions without fully understanding that their health data collected by these apps was being used to market products and service to them.
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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts
Health Populi
AUGUST 5, 2021
“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.
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