News 4/12/23
Top News A federal jury convicts three former executives of waiting room advertising company Outcome Health, which was valued at one time at over $5 billion, of several fraud charges involving inflating the number…
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Healthcare AI News 4/5/23
News Carle Health will use Scanslated software to convert radiology interpretation notes into patient-friendly language for reading in MyChart, including in Spanish when requested and with illustrations. The software was developed by Duke Health…
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HiLabs’s Human-Machine Solution to Bad Data
Data analysts know that all data is dirty. Although numerous services offer data cleaning and harmonization, the accuracy of many of them is usually too poor to make them useful. According to Amit Garg,…
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Feds Hit BetterHelp With $8M Fine Over Patient Data Sharing Lapses
The Federal Trade Commission has taken steps to sanction online counseling service BetterHelp, Inc. which it says shared sensitive healthcare data inappropriately. This is the latest move by the FTC to crack down on…
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Feds Hit BetterHealth With $8M Fine Over Patient Data Sharing Lapses
The Federal Trade Commission has taken steps to sanction online counseling service BetterHelp, Inc. which it says shared sensitive healthcare data inappropriately. This is the latest move by the FTC to crack down on…
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Cerebral Admits That it Wrongly Shared Data of 3.1M Users
After months of criticism about its data privacy practices, Cerebral admitted that it wrongfully shared the private health information of 3.1 million of its users. This admission comes in the form of a March…
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The Success of E-prescribing and Where We Need to Continue to Improve Medication Management
When it comes to e-prescribing and medication management, I always underestimate some of the nuances involved with the process. While e-prescribing is one of the biggest healthcare interoperability successes, there is still plenty of…
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Lawmakers Are Cracking Down on Companies Using Health Data for Advertising
Three U.S. senators recently introduced legislation that would ban the use of health data for advertising and marketing purposes. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) proposed the bill, which…
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FTC Proposes $7.8M Settlement With BetterHelp Over Improper Health Data Sharing
By Jill McKeon March 07, 2023 – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a $7.8 million settlement with online counseling service BetterHelp, resolving allegations of improper health data sharing practices. In addition, the…
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Senators Introduce UPHOLD Privacy Act to Prevent Use of Health Data For Advertising
By Jill McKeon March 06, 2023 – US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced the Upholding Protections for Health and Online Location Data (UPHOLD) Privacy Act, aimed at preventing the…
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