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Health Data Privacy: Majority of Patients Demand Accountability, Transparency

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new examination of patient perspectives on health data privacy illustrates unresolved tension over the eroding security and confidentiality of personal health information in a wired society and economy. This concern is magnified with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. .

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Defragmenting European Law on Medical AI

Bill Of Health

Balancing competitiveness with the need for risk prevention, Europe aims to become a major digital player through its AI framework strategy, particularly in the field of digital health. A fragmented legal landscape of Medical AI Currently, there is no specific legal regulation of medical AI in Europe.

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Recent Healthcare-Related Artificial Intelligence Developments

Sheppard Health Law

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is exploring the ability of AI to estimate sentinel events and combat disease outbreaks and the National Institutes of Health is using AI for priority research areas. From a governmental perspective, many federal agencies are embracing the possibilities of AI.

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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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Protecting the Consumer at the Heart of DTC Precision Medicine

Bill Of Health

Namely, legal protections concerning personal health data may not apply when the entity offering the service is decidedly not a “provider.” To illustrate the issue, consider that the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) expressly covers genetic information as a form of health data.

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Tackling Racially Biased Health Care Algorithms

Bill Of Health

By Hannah Rahim Algorithms used in health care have the potential to improve health outcomes but are susceptible to racial bias , which can have detrimental consequences for minority populations. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also begun to consider the regulation of clinical algorithms.

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Addressing Point-of-Care Ultrasound’s Shadow IT Problem

HIT Consultant

By administering ultrasound technology at the point of care, whether that be the patient’s bedside or an ambulance, POCUS prevents patients from being sent to another facility for imaging or waiting for a radiologist. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is taking hold across healthcare, and for good reason.