HD Explorer, February 1, 2015
The HD Explorer
The Health Data Exploration Project’s regular scan through the news.
News
Poll: Most Americans Would Share Health Data for Research
A NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll found that 53% of people would be willing to share medical record information with researchers. Read more…
Samsung Engineers Developing Wearable Health Sensor for Stroke Detection
Samsung engineers have developed a wearable headset and algorithms that run on mobile phones or tables to monitor brainwaves and detect strokes. Read more…
Patient-Generated Health Data, mHealth Can Improve Outcomes
Personal health data, and the ability of healthcare providers to use such data to make better treatment decisions, are some of the most crucial pieces of a coordinated and effective care team. Read more…
FTC suggests stronger data privacy law, HIPAA not enough for health data
This week the Federal Trade Commission published a report focused on privacy and security issues related to the massive Internet of Things trend, including the growing number of connected health devices. Read more…
New Research
How digital technology can bridge time and distance between clinicians and consumers
Industry leaders across health plans, hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry all see major shifts in how care is being delivered. Digital technology bridges the gaps between consumers and clinicians. Read more…
Barriers to public health data-sharing; life-saving solutions
Despite a global commitment to the use and sharing of public health data, the use of data has become essential for decision making in public health can be challenging in reality. Read more…
A platform for secure monitoring and sharing of generic health data in the Cloud
Numerous apps and devices are being developed to enable mobile telecare, however, the sharing of health information introduces new privacy and security issues which did not exist before. Read more…
