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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. While a social security number can fetch $1 by a data evil-doer, a credit card can score $110, and a full medical record as much as $1,000.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

Note in the chart the emerging trend by 2015 of PCPs emailing with patients and offering after-hours appointments. Primary care is performed and managed by a personal physician often collaborating with other health professionals, and utilizing consultation or referral as appropriate.

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What Your Private Practice Operating Budget Should Look Like

Valant

An EHR makes administrative tasks, such as appointment scheduling and billing, faster and easier. EHRs facilitate better communication and coordination among each patient’s whole care team, improving collaboration and continuity of care. The value an EHR provides outweighs the investment.

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

Using digital tech has improved consumers’ experiences with health care providers across a range of tasks: 53% told Philips it’s easier to schedule appointments, 47% think it’s easier to get test results, 42% receive appointment reminders, and 27% are able to monitor health indicators on their own.

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Ultimate Guide to Patient Portal Development

Arkenea

To integrate manually, consider collaborating with third-party software development vendors. Enhanced Patient Care Patients can get annoyed by long waiting hours and freeing up time for appointments. Appointment Scheduler Online appointment scheduling improves care coordination.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

Brian Ahier, another close collaborator, asserted that “Judy” (Faulkner), Epic’s CEO, would have nothing to do with such a deal would go against the company’s legal foundation structure. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. Here’s what I wrote. That was tweeted ten years ago.

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How to Develop a Patient Referral Tracking System for a Medical Practice?

Arkenea

A referral process involves obtaining patient information such as insurance details, and demographics; also scheduling appointments. Collaboration Between Providers A robust patient referral tracking system augments collaboration and communication between healthcare providers.