Cybersecurity and Privacy

Personalizing companion care protocols for complex cancers.

As healthcare organizations embrace new care delivery paradigms with the addition of recent technologies, they must ensure that they have sufficient technical integration to support their goals.  

New patient privacy compliance resources and cross-agency approaches are coming in the next 12-24 months, and could help health systems bolster their security.  

Oura said the deal could provide new opportunities in payments and data security.

At HIMSS23, Jodi Daniel, managing director of Crowell Health Solutions, discussed the evolving policy landscape for telehealth, remote patient monitoring and other digital health technologies as the public health emergency comes to a close.

At HIMSS23, panelists discussed why health systems need to consider the unique needs of their patient populations when implementing remote patient monitoring programs.

According to a data breach notification, Monument said it used pixel-tracking technologies from third parties like Meta, Google, Bing and Pinterest. More than 100,000 users were affected.

A survey of more than 3,500 U.S. adults reveals consent, data transparency, data deletion and oversight may strengthen consumer trust and support socially valuable uses of digital health data.

Scott Loughlin, partner at Hogan Lovells, discusses the Federal Trade Commission's recent enforcement action against GoodRx and what digital health companies should learn from the case.

In a proposed order, the online therapy company would also pay $7.8 million for allegedly sharing consumer data with third parties like Facebook and Snapchat for advertising purposes.