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The law firm posted a new report that includes its 7-point plan to tighten security, avoid breaches, and respond when data gets compromised.

Now the question is whether cyber criminals could someday emulate that approach to access encrypted patient data.

Researchers will use the software to crowdsource data that helps physicians better understand how to use fever as a tool to improve medical diagnoses.  

"We believe that mobile devices such as iPhones will become the predominant means by which patients interact with BIDMC," says Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, MD. "Your phone will be the repository of your medical record."

At the same time that it revealed CareKit, Apple announced that ResearchKit would be updated to more easily make use of genetic data, via a module designed by consumer genetics company 23andMe.

COO Jeff Williams said the framework will empower patients and care teams to have more formalized discussions with physicians, beginning with programs for Parkinson’s and post-surgical plans.

Medsphere Systems Corp.

A new report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology claims technologies such as telehealth and wearable sensors should be put to work to help more elderly Americans stay healthy and connected as they age.

The app enables doctors to receive alerts via Apple Watch so if they are waiting on test results about one patient, that physician can know immediately.

While mobile apps are new enough on the care delivery scene that many providers have only begun dabbling, consumers are sending a strong message that forward-thinking hospital executives can translate into an opportunity for improving population health management programs.