Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. Eleven years later, Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone.

HIPAA 173

HIPAA COVID-19 Health Insurance Health Outcomes 173

Compliancy Group

JUNE 17, 2022

Use of Tracker by Hospitals Likely Violates HIPAA. An investigation by The Markup and Stat has uncovered a tracking tool used by 33 of the country’s top 100 hospitals that collects patients’ protected health information (PHI) and sends it to Facebook—including details about medical conditions, prescriptions, and physician appointments.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals HIPAA Doctors Bioethics 52

Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

The most-trusted parties people trust with their personal health information are doctors’ offices (86%), health insurers (75%), and medical researchers (72%), seen as the top health data stewards in the U.S. Three-quarters of people in the U.S.

COVID-19 129

COVID-19 Public Health HIPAA Health Insurance 129

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

” The last paragraph of the press release states: “All work related to Ascension’s engagement with Google is HIPAA compliant and underpinned by a robust data security and protection effort and adherence to Ascension’s strict requirements for data handling.” health care.

Hospitals 64

Hospitals Doctors Medical Billing Health Insurance 64

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

Perception : We are living in a moment in time when pharmaceutical companies, health insurance companies, and hospital systems have been demonized in the public discourse. There could be a similar discussion around how the players in the health care system are evolving. So, let’s dig into each of those a bit, shall we?

Health Insurance 86

Health Insurance Pharmaceutical Industry HIPAA Bioethics 86

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

As our homes get smarter for health and health care, welcoming the growing shift from hospital to residential housing, we must connect the dots of digital health benefits for all health citizens regardless of ZIP code or type of health insurance.

US Department of Health and Human Services 73

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Electronic Medical Records Hospitals 73

Jane Sarashon

JULY 28, 2022

“Tech giants are the primary forces driving digital transformation forward,” and this is especially the case for health care systems re-imagining how health care services are delivered and “consumed.”

Bioethics 52

Bioethics Governance Health Insurance Public Health 52