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Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 21, 2019
Call it a HIPAA reboot for the wearables age. A pair of senators have filed a bill which would impose new regulations on how companies manage data generated by consumer technologies such as health apps, wearables and direct-to-consumer genetic tests. The Protecting Personal Health Data Act, which was filed by Sen.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 15, 2020
As mentioned previously, we’re taking part on the Virtual AHIMA conference this week. Exploring how things work in the virtual world, we tried something new today and did a text based chat interview with Rita Bowen, VP of Privacy, Compliance and HIM Policy from MRO. In this wide ranging text interview, we talked with Rita […].
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Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The following is a guest article by Venki Subramanian , SVP Product Management at Reltio When data is missing, inaccurate, incomplete, or misdirected, it can have severe, sometimes life-altering impacts. This data segmentation hampers the holistic understanding of patient health and impedes timely and coordinated care delivery.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Yesterday, we shared a number of the insights into the health data and interoperability needs in healthcare. A HIMSS statistic cited the average healthcare system as having 18 EMRs. Until that data is more centralized and secure, it can create challenges for HIM teams, clinicians, and patients.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 16, 2024
The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 23, 2023
Sharing of Data in a Patient Portal Most patients are familiar with HIPAA and of course, expect data to be kept securely in accordance with HIPAA requirements. Now, there is a trend toward an expectation that patients are able to either download or share their data on demand.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Amazon Web Services is rolling out a new tool designed to make it simpler for healthcare organizations to work with their data. Amazon HealthLake, which AWS describes as “HIPAA-eligible,” was launched during Amazon’s annual re:Invent conference.
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