The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More: VA apps pose privacy risk to veterans’ healthcare data »
As Health Data Management wraps up 27 years of reporting on the healthcare information technology industry today, it gives me a chance to pause and reflect, and to look hopefully toward the future for the industry. Much has been accomplished. I recall an early HIMSS conference at which an exhibit featured a one terabyte database… Read More: What should lie ahead for healthcare IT in the next… »
An appeal was launched today in the UK to find patients and friends of two healthcare workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus. There are now eight people in total who have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK. Five out of eight cases were caught from the same Brighton-based businessman who contracted the… Read More: Two healthcare workers in the UK diagnosed with coronavirus »
About a year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services first proposed rules to promote sharing and the interoperability of health data to enable patients to electronically access their health information. Many of the top industry players submitted commentary to The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for… Read More: How to read between the lines of the healthcare data… »