Health Info

Posted in

Data Equity Advocate Ninez A. Ponce Receives 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award

ATLANTA, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, distinguished public health researcher, today received the 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award. Ponce’s work focuses on understanding and addressing health disparities, particularly among vulnerable and underserved populations. She is professor and Fred & Pamela Wasserman Endowed Chair at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. In addition, she serves as the principal investigator for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

This year’s award was presented to Ponce at the

…
Posted in

Women 65 and older less likely than men to visit medical specialists, data shows – National

Older Canadian women face challenges accessing medical specialists and non-emergency tests compared to older men, according to a recent Statistics Canada report.

The report released Wednesday, called ‘Access to specialized health-care services among older Canadians’ looked at the challenges faced by Canadians aged 65 and older in accessing health-care services, considering factors such as gender and immigration.

Women appear to encounter the greatest difficulties in accessing care.

“It’s a problem because we know that there’s a care gap here,” Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Sinai Health and the University Health Network in Toronto, told Global News.

“Women in

…
Posted in

HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Investigation of St. Louis Joseph’s Medical Center for Disclosure of Patients’ Protected Health Information to a News Reporter

St. Joseph’s Medical Center provided a national media outlet access to
COVID-19 patients’ protected health information

Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Saint Joseph’s Medical Center for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Saint Joseph’s Medical Center is a non-profit academic medical center in New York that provides a full range of health care services. The settlement involved the impermissible disclosure of COVID-19 patients’ protected health information to a national media outlet.

“When receiving medical care in hospitals

…
Posted in

Lawsuit tests Ontario’s privacy safeguards

A lawsuit pitting a US company against Ontario Health could determine if the province has the right to regulate where personal medical information is stored.

The company, Doxy.me, sells a video conferencing platform to health professionals for virtual appointments. The data captured by those appointments is stored in the US

…
Posted in

Apple Vision Pro unlocks new opportunities for health app developers

…
Posted in

Seqster data-sharing platform selected to power MSAA network

The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) has tapped healthcare technology company Seqster to power its multicenter research and learning program, which is working to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

The program — called the Multiple Sclerosis Implementation Network, or MSIN — was introduced last May in collaboration with the biopharmaceutical company Novartis and the Chronic Health Improvement Research Program (CHIRP) at Dartmouth Health.

The patient-centric research network seeks to connect participating US healthcare professionals at multiple care centers across the country. The idea is that centers learn from each other

…