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Ensuring digital health solutions help, not harm

February 16, 2023April 11, 2023MobiHealthNews

A healthcare risk prediction algorithm used on more than 200 million people across the country was found to demonstrate racial bias.One-third of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S. were found to be using a tracking tool called Meta Pixel to collect and send patients’ personal health information to Facebook without their consent.
Pulse oximeters – digital products that use infrared light beams to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood – have transformed the way we care for people with conditions from heart failure to COVID, but are inaccurate for people with dark skin.
How do these egregious practices pass through…

5 Biggest Healthcare MVP Challenges

February 15, 2023March 16, 2023The Healthcare Guys

The healthcare industry currently faces many challenges, from meeting ever-changing patient demands to dealing with cyberattacks. The demand for efficient and secure IT solutions has never been greater. Healthcare MVPs are becoming increasingly popular as they offer a cost-effective way to bring innovative solutions to the market. However, they come with their own set of challenges to overcome.

Healthcare organizations need to develop products that meet the needs of their patients while providing a safe environment. We know that MVP is a great way to start because it gives you the opportunity to validate your idea fast, test the market…

Overhaul ‘clunky’ My Health Record, Medicare task force recommends

February 7, 2023March 16, 2023Healthcare IT news

A task force of healthcare leaders has given their recommendations to invigorate Australia’s primary healthcare, including the need to upgrade My Health Record and enable more health data sharing. WHAT IT’S ABOUT
The Australian government assembled the Strengthening Medicare Task Force to help identify the “most pressing investments needed in primary care.” It is focused on pointing out immediate actions to strengthen Medicare, the country’s universal healthcare scheme, and lay the foundations for longer-term reform and investment in the primary care system. Their recommendations also build on the government’s 10-year plan for primary care.
One of the task force’s major recommendations is to “modernise” MHR….

#ProjectHealthViz – The 20 Biggest health data breaches in the United States

November 19, 2022March 18, 2023Dr. Hazem Eloraby

#ProjectHealthViz was a great initiative to create a community of Tableau in the Healthcare field. Many great dashboards have been created during the time the project was running. I’ll be bookmarking a few here on MediFormatica. While the data set may now be outdated, I’m still interested in the visualizations themselves.