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VA apps pose privacy risk to veterans’ healthcare data

The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More: VA apps pose privacy risk to veterans’ healthcare data »

There Are Many Apps for That: Navigating the Secure Messaging Market

Paul Hess, Research Director, KLAS The secure communications market was born to fix a gap in health systems’ adherence to HIPAA. One of the generally recognized truths in healthcare is that clinicians often use their personal cell phones to text their colleagues about work. Physicians can easily mention a patient in these conversations and run… Read More: There Are Many Apps for That: Navigating the Secure Messaging… »