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Trump, RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Are Talking about Making Health Technology Great Again. The Devil Is in the Details.
On July 30, the White House made an announcement about a major step forward for the internet of health information. Watch it with me.
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Aimee
1:51:07
RFK Jr. Wants Wearables for Every American. Color Me Unsurprised.
Accelerating the completion of America's health data infrastructure has always been the HHS Secretary's core strategy to "Make America Health Again."
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Aimee
What Do You Want from the "Health Technology Ecosystem"? The Government Wants to Know.
This is your chance to let HHS know what you want from health apps and devices, what you think about digital IDs, and how you want to manage your…
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Aimee
"Individuals Should Have Control Over Their Own Data" A Conversation with Imagineeer Founder and Former HHS Chief Information Officer Jose…
In our wide-ranging conversation, the tech expert talks about innovations that could give us more control over our health data, what happened behind the…
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Aimee
1:32:11
New York's Health Information Privacy Act Promises the Strongest Consumer Health Data Protections in the Nation. Will They Make It to the…
The NYHIPA bill passed in January outdoes similar state legislation with its breadth and stringent requirements, but its final form will depend on the…
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Aimee
1:25:46
A P4P HEDIS Measure of Prevention: Will MAHA Leaders Bring Transparency to Value-Based Health Care Payment?
Do doctors really get bonuses for vaccinations or other medical services? I take a look under the hood of the health care payment system that everyone…
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Aimee
48:15
Health Information Systems Are Converging into an All-Encompassing Data Leviathan. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
It could create a social credit and vaccine passport system, to begin with. Welcome to Rising Public Health Leviathan, the movie - episode 1.
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Aimee
52:50
How Will RFK Jr. and MAHA Leaders Protect Civil Liberties in the New Era of Big Health Data?
Now that they've attained real power, it's time for RFK Jr. and other "Make America Healthy Again" leaders to protect our rights as we build health…
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Aimee
1:01:42
10 Civil Liberties Questions for MAHA Leaders
RFK Jr. and his MAHA movement have gained access to real power just as our public health, health care, and biomedical research systems enter a…
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Aimee
The Rising Public Health Leviathan: How Medical Records Are Poised to Create an American Social Credit System
The health data infrastructure being built now is on track to turn your ID, and eventually your face, into a social credit document and vaccine…
The Rising Public Health Leviathan: Health Information Gets Social
With social determinants of health, everything about you can be coded, tracked, and stored as health information - and directly accessed by the…
The Rising Public Health Leviathan: New York's Shiny New SHIN-NY
The state is bringing everyone's personal health information under one roof, making room to store more detailed data about our lives, and creating a…
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