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California Consumer Privacy Act can cause headaches for healthcare orgs

Healthcare It News

The California Consumer Privacy Act, passed in 2018, aims to give consumers more control over their online personal information. Although the law does not apply to nonprofits, "given the law’s broad definition of 'business' and 'consumer,' companies across the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health

Healthcare It News

Paddy Padmanabhan Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health. Digital transformation programs at leading healthcare institutions that I work with are increasingly focused on two things: how to increase revenues and how to improve consumer experiences.

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MRO Launches New Solution to Innovate Clinical Data Exchange Between Providers and Payers

MRO Compliance

“The solution is purpose built for providers performing ROI in-house, but who need help managing the growing demand from payers for high quality and timely clinical data in a consumable format.” Automated chart retrieval is performed at scale, leveraging modern HL7 FHIR APIs and MRO’s Enterprise Connector.

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Is healthcare too hard for Big Tech firms?

Healthcare It News

My friend and digital health entrepreneur Sherri Douville, whose post on LinkedIn went viral, summed it up like this: "If companies misunderstand evidence-based medicine, they have no business bringing technology into medicine at all (as opposed to consumer or administrative use)." Region Tag: Global Edition.

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. The Act defines “consumers” as people residing in Washington state as well as people whose health data is collected in Washington and those identified through quote, “unique identifiers.” First, the law.

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Why voice recognition is the new competitive battleground in healthcare's digital transformation

Healthcare It News

Amazon, Google, and Apple have all invested in consumer-facing voice applications. Amazon's recent announcements point to using voice-enablement in senior living communities and patients in hospitals to stay connected, informed, and entertained, much as consumers use Alexa today for general information. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians

Health Populi

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte. One in two U.S.

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