The following is a guest article by Michelle Berryman, FIDSA, Executive Creative Director at Hero Digital
Patient privacy is the foundation of our healthcare system. Ensuring trust in the confidentiality and security of sensitive health information…
Digital identity is not just a component of healthcare’s digital transformation, but a cornerstone of it, chief medical officer at Imprivata, Dr Sean Kelly, exclusively told Digital Health News.When it comes to connecting care…
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A new statistical analysis of 90 distinct hospital websites, drawn from a nationally representative sample of 100 community hospitals, finds that those providers – when they had privacy policies available for consumption – were…
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This week, the Federal Trade Commission hit virtual mental health startup Cerebral with a $7 million fine, accusing the company of mishandling users’ sensitive health data and misleading consumers about cancellation policies.
Cerebral agreed to…
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What You Should Know:
– Cerebral, a company offering online mental health services, has agreed to pay over $7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges.
– The FTC alleged that Cerebral failed to secure…
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What You Should Know:
– Whistleblower Aid, a non-profit organization supporting whistleblowers, is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take action against 22 additional digital health providers following the recent FTC case against Monument…
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The following is a guest article by Jon Stewart, Co-Founder and President at ZenSource
Historically, the terms “patient data,” “open-source,” and “healthcare CMS” might have seemed incongruous. Open-source has often been perceived as the Wild…
At the MedCity INVEST conference, healthcare startups take center stage in the Pitch Perfect contest. The finalists for the Payer/Provider track are applying their health tech solutions to burnout and operational efficiency. Their health…
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Senators Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) announced Friday that they wrote to UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Officer Andrew Witty asking a series of questions relating to what they called UHG’s lack of…
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The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, created by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT under the 21st Century Cures Act, holds huge promise for interoperability and information exchange. It also has…
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