Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

All practices must comply with HIPAA, as well as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Technology plays a crucial role in HIPAA-compliant communication for behavioral health. Embracing Secure EHR Software and Patient Portal Effective EHR software helps ensure HIPAA-compliant interactions.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech. Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Industry Voices—Telemedicine and long-term implications for HIPAA compliance. Fri, 10/23/2020 - 15:58.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

5 HIPAA Violation Fines for Failing to Grant the Right of Access On September 15, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had settled with five healthcare organizations that violated … Read more.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 20, 2020

RHIA, RHIT, CHPS, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer As August 21, 2020 marks the 24th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s HIPAA Law, it is not a bad time […]. The article HIPAA Celebrates A Birthday: COVID-19, HIPAA and Your Rights appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Phyllis Miller, Ph.D.,

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

The MobiHealthNews staff shares its thoughts on how HIPAA, investor funding, digital health commercialization and other focus areas will be changing over the course of the new year.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 26, 2020

What HIPAA law? Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:12. Study finds future healthcare employees would consider violating privacy laws for cash.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

The MobiHealthNews staff shares its thoughts on how HIPAA, investor funding, digital health commercialization and other focus areas will be changing over the course of the new year.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Deloitte presented this graphic for an integrated data and analytics platform supporting remote patient monitoring data feeds in a June 2020 report noting that remote patient monitoring could trigger a multi-channel data tsunami. As a result, most U.S.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

While there are many advantages to using text with and about patients, text messaging in healthcare poses risks that HIPAA addresses. Text Messaging and HIPAA. HIPAA allows text messaging in healthcare, but there are rules. Advantages of Using HIPAA-Compliant Text Messaging in Healthcare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. Learn more at HomeThrive.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 15, 2020

HIPAA Changes 2020: HHS Privacy and Security Since 2013, there hasn’t been any significant changes to HIPAA, however there have been proposed changes. The post HIPAA Changes 2020 appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Premera Blue Cross pays 2nd-largest HIPAA fine for 2014 breach. Fri, 09/25/2020 - 13:16.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 21, 2020

The article First Do No Harm: The Ethics of Healthcare in 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. And once it’s gone, it can be very hard to get it back. And while patients play the ultimate role in safeguarding […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As we head into 2020, I reached out to a number of people in Health Information Management (HIM) and Health Information Technology (HIT) to hear their thoughts on these hot topics: Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Privacy and Security of Health Information, Medical Coding Standards, and Patient Matching.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Amwell Client Awards! By 2020, IU Health had launched on-demand virtual psychiatry assessments in the ED and a virtual peer recovery program, going live in 14 hospitals in less than 100 days. The company had nearly 47,000 telehealth registrations by end of May 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 1, 2021

As the dust settles on 2020, it’s become clear that this was an unbelievably bad year for healthcare ransomware attacks. In fact, it was a year that cost organizations $20.8 billion in ransomware expenses, according to a new estimate. Worse, there is no future relief in sight.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice. Amazon’s release of HIPAA compliance tools has made personalizing the interaction feasible. More to follow in January 2020]. . Providence St.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Aetna to pay $1M to OCR to settle 3 2017 HIPAA breaches. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 17:22.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The January 2020 Health Affairs published a paper on Primary Care Physicians’ Role in Coordinating Medical and Health-Related Social Needs in Eleven Countries. It’s important to call out the importance of primary care for any health reform plan that 2020 Presidential candidates are profferring.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves kicked off the Mississippi Telehealth Association (MTA) 2020 Annual Conference on Monday, February 24 th by describing much of Mississippi living “small town ways” as a blanket description of many state residents. The post Down in the Delta – Up in Telehealth: MTA 2020 appeared first on LearnTelehealth.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 27, 2020

Emergency HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver During an emergency or public health crisis, some elements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule may be waived. As of March 15, 2020, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued an … Read more. The post HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S. Parks Associates’ research identified other categories of consumer electronics growth in the 2020 year of the coronavirus, including: Smart home devices, growing to 30% of U.S. broadband households in 2020 from 17% in 2015.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 6, 2020

$100,000 HIPAA Settlement Reached for HIPAA Violations In its first HIPAA settlement of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) fined a sole practitioner $100,000 for HIPAA violations. The post HIPAA Violations appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

"In the beginning of the pandemic, we also used FaceTime and Duo under the HIPAA waiver," East recalled. "Our IT department worked diligently to find HIPAA-compliant, user-friendly solutions to meet our clients' needs. It uses GrandPads and iPads for hardware. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2021

A 2021 report from HIPAA Journal showed that U.S. healthcare institutions had 616 data breaches of 500+ records in 2020—with a total of 28,756,445 total healthcare records being exposed. The following is a guest article by Damian Chung, Business Information Security Officer, Netskope. At the same […].

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Health Populi’s Hot Points: Everyone of Manatt Health’s ten imperatives are spot-on in this moment as we segue from Our Covid Year of 2020 to the Covid Year of 2021. Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care. Accelerate digital health.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Pew collaborated with Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research to conduct a survey in June and July 2020 among 1,213 U.S. This is particularly concerning when personal health data is downloaded to an app that may fall out of the protection of HIPAA. The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Clinicians create a virtual mental health appointment using Zoom's secure, HIPAA-compliant video technology, share that link with the patient and launch the online meeting directly from the Osmind patient app. "As clinicians, we have a professional obligation to only use telehealth platforms that are HIPAA-compliant," she added.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

The findings were published in a May 2020 report , detailing study findings among 2,533 U.S. adults polled in early April 2020. PwC explored how COVID-19 is influencing consumers’ health care behaviors in survey research conducted in early April by the Health Research Institute.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Because of these hurdles, and the uncertainty around HIPAA compliance, some providers have decided to steer clear of telemedicine. The post 2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers appeared first on GlobalMed. 2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers was first posted on December 16, 2019 at 9:00 am. Contact Us.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

In early 2020, when the pandemic changed the medical center's in-person workflows overnight, the facility needed a quick and easy-to-use telehealth solution that allowed staff to continue to see established patients during lockdowns. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL. To read this special report, click here. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2020

It went live on Epic on January 23, 2020. “In mid-March 2020, it became quite apparent that VIM was going to need to pause in-person visits to the Bend clinic,” said Jennifer Fuller, RN, clinic nurse manager at Volunteers in Medicine’s Clinic of the Cascades. ” ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative , issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memorial Hermann Health System. “It

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

Bridge evaluated a few HIPAA-compliant telehealth programs and Zoom’s was determined the best and most cost-effective for the agency’s purposes. “Fortunately, HIPAA-compliant Zoom proved to be very simple to operate from both ends,” Robeck remarked. Even if it could be ordered, it wasn’t readily available.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time. In the U.S.,

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Launched CareHub in 2020 – an app that may be yet another beginning. Seeing growth in the use of Alexa devices among older adults, in September 2020, Amazon launched CareHub , an app for adult children to ‘check in’ (sort of) unobtrusively. Amazon moved forward in 2018 with HIPAA-compliant tech in healthcare.

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