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Mobile health and privacy: cross sectional study

Objectives: To investigate whether and what user data are collected by health related mobile applications (mHealth apps), to characterise the privacy conduct of all the available mHealth apps on Google Play, and to gauge the associated risks to priva

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Adjusting Quality Measures For Social Risk Factors Can Promote Equity In Health Care

Risk adjustment of quality measures using clinical risk factors is widely accepted; risk adjustment using social risk factors remains controversial. We argue here that social risk adjustment is appropriate and necessary in defined circumstances and t

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Determining the feasibility of an index of the social determinants of health using data from public sources

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Examining the feasibility of developing an index measure for the social determinants of health using public data is needed. We examined these characteristics at the ZIP code in California and New York using public data extracted from the US

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Examining the Interfacility Variation of Social Determinants of Health in the Veterans Health Administration

Introduction: Recently, numerous studies have linked social determinants of health (SDoH) with clinical outcomes. While this association is well known, the interfacility variability of these risk favors within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

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Global data and analytics diversity report

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The article examines how structural inequalities, biases and racism can be easily encoded in data sets and in the application of data science.

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Silo Busting: The Challenges and Success Factors for Sharing Intergovernmental Data

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The work of knitting together large government data systems so that they seamlessly connect and provide customer-friendly services to the public is difficult yet achievable and valuable. If this type of data sharing was easy, every

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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Technologies to Augment Patient Care

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This report is being jointly published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Part One of this joint publication is the full presentation of GAO’s Technology Assessment: Artificial

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Using Administrative Big Data to Solve Problems in Social Science and Policy Research

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This article describes an explosion in the availability of individual-level public administrative data in the United States and worldwide. These datasets can be used as stand-alone resources or linked across different sources. These new res

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Person Matching for Greater Interoperability: A Case Study for Payers

The Sequoia Project patient identity management experts partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield System to apply A Framework for Cross-Organizational Patient Identity Management to the payer community and develop person matching strategies across its 36

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10 Patient Data Sharing, Interoperability Principles for Providers

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November 18, 2020 - Stakeholders and healthcare professionals across the country developed 10 patient data sharing principles. These principles intend to help guide health organizations and universities toward the appropriate use of data

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Regardless of the presidential election outcome, here are 5 health IT issues to watch

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COVID-19 has highlighted the need to invest in a robust public health system that supports health equity. “It’s critical that we bolster the secure flow of de-identified health information into public health surveillance systems,” said W

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How Social Determinants Data Can Enhance Machine Learning Tools

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To help providers identify primary care patients with social risks, researchers at Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University turned to machine learning technology. The team developed Uppstroms, a machine learning application that iden

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Effective patient matching is fundamental to interoperability

There is new momentum around finding more effective means of patient identity and matching, and Verato CEO Mark LaRow says the company's referential matching technology can help.

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Siloed approaches to social determinants of health aren't enough

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Alliance for Better Health CEO Dr. Jacob Reider discusses the data and IT demands of coordinating SDOH efforts – and the imperative to serve underserved communities, where effects from COVID-19 will be felt long after the pandemic has subsided

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Sequoia Project sets sights on semantic interoperability with new guidance effort

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The Sequoia Project announced Wednesday that it's forming a new Data Usability Workgroup to continue removing barriers to interoperability, and is calling for participants in advance of its first meeting later this month.
The workgroup,

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New framework helps streamline EHR data extraction

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The framework, which the researchers call FIDDLE (Flexible Data-Driven Pipeline), has the power to greatly speed up EHR data preprocessing and assist machine learning (ML) practitioners working with health data, according to a study publ

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Cerner unveils new interoperability tools, as CEO Brent Shafer says 'innovation is accelerating'

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At the 35th annual Cerner Health Conference, which launched virtually on Tuesday, CEO Brent Shafer described the many ways the company has been helping providers around the world deliver high-quality healthcare more efficiently during t

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A Guide to Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Protect your electronic information and assets from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. Discover how to identify cyberthreats, understand best practices, and demystify laws and regulations related to cybersecurity in healthcare.

In this Guide:

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Top EHR Implementations of 2020, So Far

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When the novel coronavirus began its spread across the United States, it transformed healthcare in its entirety. That includes the health IT sector, where EHR vendors had to brainstorm and develop new EHR implementation ideas.
AdventHeal

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Can Social Informatics Improve Social Determinants of Health Data?

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Gathering and integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) data are becoming more common, but the study of social informatics could help ease the integration process.
The rise of value-based reimbursement has led the medical field to

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Let’s Get Technical!

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Mobile health and privacy: cross sectional study

Adjusting Quality Measures For Social Risk Factors Can Promote Equity In Health Care

Determining the feasibility of an index of the social determinants of health using data from public sources

Examining the Interfacility Variation of Social Determinants of Health in the Veterans Health Administration

Global data and analytics diversity report

Silo Busting: The Challenges and Success Factors for Sharing Intergovernmental Data

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Technologies to Augment Patient Care

Using Administrative Big Data to Solve Problems in Social Science and Policy Research

Person Matching for Greater Interoperability: A Case Study for Payers

10 Patient Data Sharing, Interoperability Principles for Providers

Regardless of the presidential election outcome, here are 5 health IT issues to watch

How Social Determinants Data Can Enhance Machine Learning Tools

Effective patient matching is fundamental to interoperability

Siloed approaches to social determinants of health aren't enough

Sequoia Project sets sights on semantic interoperability with new guidance effort

New framework helps streamline EHR data extraction

Cerner unveils new interoperability tools, as CEO Brent Shafer says 'innovation is accelerating'

A Guide to Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Top EHR Implementations of 2020, So Far

Can Social Informatics Improve Social Determinants of Health Data?

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