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Key Considerations for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Bill of Health

In the legal realm, both privacy and medical malpractice vulnerabilities are of concern. PROMs often solicit very private information from patients, and if the data are not stored securely, hackers and other unauthorized personnel may have access to more sensitive details than would otherwise be present in electronic health records.

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

” Those risks are shown in the second bar chart: over six in ten digital health business lacked coverage for a range of existential risks, including system failure or cyber hacks, technology errors, malpractice cause by incorrect data resulting in bodily injury, and loss or disclosure of personal or sensitive data.

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The Years of Magical Thinking: Pandemic Necrosecurity Under Trump and Biden

Bill of Health

From early moments in 2020, the concept of a right to health — and indeed, even a right to life — has been discounted in American policy, discourse, and practice. In a recent comparison of health system performance in 11 high-income countries, the U.S. rated last , owing in part to our lack of universal coverage provision.

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