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The Growth of DIY Digital Health – What’s Behind the Zeitgeist of Self-Reliance?

Health Populi

Propel’s survey findings comport with research I’ve been tracking since the advent of the first Fitbit on the market launched at CES 2009. I would expand that more generally to say that UX, CX, and service design principles should/must be baked into consumer-facing connected health technologies.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. out of the Great Recession. GDP, in 2018.

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The Value of an Enterprise Active Data Archive Begins with Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

Government mandates were an impetus for change, starting with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to “promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology” (Office of Civil Rights (OCR), 2017).

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Is Your Organization HITECH Compliant?

AIHC

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). mitigation of fines, early termination of an audit, or other remedies).

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Is Your Organization HITECH Compliant?

AIHC

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). mitigation of fines, early termination of an audit, or other remedies).

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Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Jane Sarashon

The Commonwealth Fund has tracked primary care access for many years, and over time has found the United States to lack the kind of primary care “backbone” that many wealthy nations have — whose health citizens also enjoy much better health outcomes that relate to easier access to health care.

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July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

HIT Consultant

Public HIT companies were not spared in the market downturn that began in January 2022, losing an astonishing 34% over the last 6 months, with an overwhelming 56 out of 68 tracked companies ending the first half of the year with negative returns. billion was raised in US initial public offerings, hitting its lowest since 2009.