The agency reminded health apps and wearables companies that they must disclose any breach of users’ health information, even if they are not a HIPAA covered entity. Companies that fail to disclose a breach could face thousands of dollars per day in fines.
As application functionalities and user bases evolve throughout the future, what remains certain, plain and simple, is that these apps will continue to help people save money on healthcare and health services.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Drive around any medium or large U.S. city, and you’re likely to see a local health system advertising its emergency department (ED) wait times like convenience stores advertise gas prices. But the confidence to advertise one’s wait times often doesn’t track with the reality that patients face when presenting in the ED. According to the […]
In an era of value-based care that places an increased emphasis on health outcomes, engaging with patients throughout their journey is critical and these are now possible using telehealth and mobile technologies.
In addition to the 12 healthcare organizations that took part in the pilot and have now integrated the feature into their patient portal, 27 more health systems and companies have enlisted in the Health Record program.
A new report from Research2Guidance on mobile health app developers also found that average development costs have soared over the past few years.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The Verge, citing the memo, noted that Nokia’s chief strategy officer Kathrin Buvac told employees that “our digital health business has struggled to scale and meet its growth expectations.”
The text messaging kerfuffle at CMS reflects the changes in the Joint Commission's text messaging policy in the past few years.
Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, founder and chairman of Butterfly Network, predicted the device's impact would be not unlike the milestone development of camera phones.
Value-based payments, cybersecurity and healthcare reform are among healthcare leaders' top-of-mind issues for next year, according to the HealthCare Executive Group's 2018 HCEG Top 10 list.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Few of the hundreds of mobile apps for cancer survivors were appropriately developed or tested, according to a new study by researchers from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California.
The number of organizations with a documented mobile strategy has been increasing since 2012, but many organizations aren't evaluating their strategy's success.
The new Clinical Mobility Solution helps integrate multiple mobile applications into clinician workflows.
The agreement bars Aura Labs and founder Ryan Archdeacon from claiming that the Instant Blood Pressure app is as accurate as a traditional blood pressure cuff.
One idea behind Xcertia is that if best practice guidelines for mobile health apps are widely adopted, physicians will be more likely to prescribe them.