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Health eServices is composed of industry-based health information technology practitioners and noted academic researchers. We are highly experienced in health IT, data exchange standards, compliance assessment, and testing.

We seek to help entities resolve challenging technologies, policies, and regulatory issues involved with effective sharing of client health information. We seek to provide comprehensive guidance on data standards, regulatory requirements, and sustainable technology practices.

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Making Health IT Accessible - To Everyone

Health eServices, Inc. has been at the forefront of personal health information systems research and development. We have built long-running health information management systems and electronic patient engagement technologies from the ground up.

Health care providers of all types need assistance in implementing patient activation programs that take advantage of the assessment and reporting efficiency of patient portals and personal health information systems. We can help implement frameworks and technologies for increased patient engagement, education and activation requirements.

Plain and simple. The personal health data you store in your Health e-Profile is yours. We won't sell it, look at it, or ask you about it unless you want us to help you put your data to work for you. Health e-Profile is your service for storing and managing all of your personal health data.

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A Health eBroker is a platform that focuses on personal health data exchange and brokering services that assists patients and consumers in controlling the monetization of their personal health data. Discover the transformative power of Health eBroker, a pioneering platform in the realm of personal health data exchange and brokering services.

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A Health eDevice is a medical, fitness, or lifestyle device whose goal is to try to provide a tool or service that will help you be healthier. The Health eDevices platform provides education and alerts for privacy, security, and safety related aspects of electronic medical devices.

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Health eDefense is the act of protecting your personal health information. This not only protects your privacy, security, and safety, but also protects the data of your family, friends, healthcare providers and others in your community.


The Health eDefense platform is dedicated to providing consumers with actionable information on how to protect their personal health information effectively from cyber threats. Health eDefense provides informational content and education related to cyber security, privacy and consent, security, and related topics and policies such as HIPAA and GDPR.

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How do you control where your DNA data resides and how it is shared online?

An assessment of the article from Bloomberg

How do you control where your DNA data resides and how it is shared online?

Subjective:

It is the assessment from this article that at this time it is very difficult to understand and control who has access to your genetic data. There are not enough privacy protections in relation to what companies who analyze your genetic data are then able to do with that data after they have gathered it.

Objective: 

Currently the primary legislation that helps to protect consumer's privacy in relation to their genetic data is called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

Assessment:

One of the key concerns for consumers is whether insurance companies and related payers might potentially get access to that information and be able to increase premiums based on possible risk factors identified within someone's genetic code. 

This article at Kaiser Health News seems to indicate that there are some real concerns that we should be aware of: "In general, long-term-care insurers can indeed use genetic test results when they decide whether to offer you coverage. The federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prohibits health insurers from asking for or using your genetic information to make decisions about whether to sell you health insurance or how much to charge. But those rules don’t apply to long-term-care, life or disability insurance.

When you apply for long-term-care insurance, the insurer may review your medical records and ask you questions about your health history and that of your family. It’s all part of the underwriting process to determine whether to offer you a policy and how much to charge."

Plan:

Before participating in Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing be sure to read that company's policies about who they might potentially share that data with beyond you.

Examples of these types of companies include:

  • 23andMe
  • Counsyl
  • Gene by Gene
  • Laboratory Corporation of America
  • MyMedLab
  • Mapmygenome India
  • Positive Bioscience
  • Quest Diagnostics, Inc

 

Documents to download

  • GINAhelp(.pdf, 233.56 KB) - 1078 download(s)
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