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Will Virtual Care Platforms (VCPs) Become Healthcare’s Mega-Platforms?
by Vince Kuraitis and Seth Joseph
Let’s start with a pop quiz. Take 15 seconds to look at the list below, asking yourself the question “What do all these have in common?”
address booksvideo cameraspagerswristwatchesmapsbookstravelgamesflashlightshome telephonescash registersMP3 playersDay timers
alarm clocksanswering machinesThe Yellow Pageswalletskeystransistor radiospersonal digital assistantsdashboard navigation systemsnewspapers and magazinesdirectory assistancetravel and insurance agentsrestaurant guidespocket calculators
The commonality is that all of these were disrupted by smartphones and their operating system (OS) platforms — Google Android […]
Slide Presentation: Patient Data Sharing–NOT Hoarding–is the New Normal
PowerPoint slides from the opening keynote of the virtual conference: Health Data Unbound — Innovations in Health Data Sharing.
The Business Case for Health Data Sharing
Day-by-day, the business case for data sharing is growing stronger. In this essay, I’ll describe how COVID-19 is accelerating existing healthcare trends, how data sharing is becoming a key business strategy, and how you can learn more about these developments.
COVID-19 Accelerates Existing Trends
This might surprise you — one result of COVID-19 isn’t so much a new normal as it is the acceleration of pre-existing trends. Andreasen Horowitz venture capitalist Julie Yoo wrote about this in her masterful article: Healthcare: The Great […]
Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference
While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing.
Contact Tracing: 10 Unique Challenges of COVID-19
10 challenges of COVID-19 contact tracing.
Hotspotting, Superutilizers, and Avoiding “RTM Traps”
Be wary of falling into an RTM Trap when working with superutilizers. RTM can be especially pronounced in this group of patients.
Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL
Health Data Outside HIPAA: Simply Extending HIPAA Would Be a #FAIL
Protecting Health Data Outside of HIPAA: Will the Protecting Personal Health Data Act Tame the Wild West ?
Congress is seriously considering bipartisan legislation — the “Protecting Personal Health Data Act” — to better protect the privacy of consumers’ personal data.
Health Data Outside HIPAA: The Wild West of Unprotected Personal Data
The average patient will, in his or her lifetime, generate about 2,750 times more data related to social and environmental influences than to clinical factors.
Pending Federal Privacy Legislation: A Status Update
The buzz around federal privacy legislation continues, but as of yet there appear to be no proposals or bills that have emerged as the lead bills.
Despite the perceived lack of movement of current bills, the ticking clock on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) suggests this issue is quite live in Congress, albeit less visible to most of us.