Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 8, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Healthcare interoperability and enhanced information sharing continued to improve healthcare quality, safety and cost for U.S. The nationwide health information network processed 19.15 The nationwide health information network processed 19.15

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

The following is a guest article by Mariann Yeager, CEO at The Sequoia Project. On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . What a difference a day makes. . Why was that so important?

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 7, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Release of patient information during COVID-19 What insiders have long known has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic: health data is […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tina Feldmann, VP of Corporate & Product Marketing at Kno2. “The variety of perspectives on this panel highlight and inspire the actions we can take to address health equity right now.” Post-Acute Providers for the Win!

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2021

The following is a guest article by Todd Broadhurst, Solutions Director, Tamr. Electronic Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are exploding globally and in the U.S., with 92% of the U.S. population now served by them. Private companies, states, and even large counties and cities are scrambling to launch their own HIEs.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Suraj Kapa, Chief Medical Officer at TripleBlind Data is arguably the most critical driver of innovation in healthcare today. Getting your hands on the data necessary to make breakthroughs in healthcare is a significant challenge given its sensitive nature. Grab your fork. Grab your fork.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We don’t even have the time or word count to cover it all in this article, so instead we will be focusing on healthcare interoperability. What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? So many topics to cover in healthcare but tragically so little time!

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2025

This is particularly important to them when it comes to sensitive data, such as reproductive health data, substance use disorder data, and other data that has special privacy concerns. What do you think will happen for Data and Analytics in 2025? We could not do this without all of your support.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

The following is a guest article by Chris Bowen, Founder and CISO at ClearDATA The recent Cybersecurity concept paper from HHS, while a gesture towards progress, falls critically short of what’s imperative in today’s climate.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The following is a guest article by Chad Anguilm, Vice President of Growth at Medical Advantage. In today’s technology-driven world, patients now expect a seamless healthcare experience, which translates to a digital “one-stop shop” for managing their personal health information. . The Progress of Digital Transformation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 15, 2024

The following is a guest article by Heather Randall, PhD, Chief Compliance Officer at TrustCommerce Regardless of whether the information is clinical, financial, or demographic, patients are increasingly worried about the possibility that their personal data could be compromised.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) called on three telehealth companies to protect their patient’s sensitive health data. Who Is Protecting Patient Health Information?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The following is a guest article by Zach Finn , chief executive and technology officer at Centralis Health. To date, nearly ten entities have announced their intentions to apply to become a QHIN, including prominent software vendors, existing national networks, and regional health information exchanges (HIEs).

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Most use of FHIR today is as an API to an organizations health information (EHR). I spoke of this scale problem in past articles. I have plenty of articles on how a Nationwide Health Information Exchange (HIE) could be built with the IHE XD* family of profiles. How do I get data and assure it is authentic?

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GlobalMed

MARCH 10, 2020

With the information in hand, eNcounter will configure itself so that it aligns with the unique FHIR implementation of its targeted host. In doing so, DIMS solves the headache of managing changing endpoints and provides a continuous flow of discrete, portable, and actionable health data. Looking Ahead.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Enforced by the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the Privacy Rule established a set of standards that control the use and release of protected data by covered entities intended to protect patient data and privacy.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article kicks off the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. This article kicks off the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Some key HTI-1 compliance deadlines require action before the end of 2024.To

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan , Enterprise Agile Evangelist at Inflectra Today’s most significant risk regarding security and privacy issues in health services is consumers’ need for more awareness of personal health information. What do I mean?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We’re working on a full article about this, but most of you have probably seen that Judy Faulkner and her company, Epic, have asked their customers to send a letter to HHS asking for them to stop the health data blocking rule that’s about to be finalized. There’s a lot of nuance to this discussion […].

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For example, remote monitoring can be helpful for providing continuous real-time data, but the healthcare system has to be ready to receive the patient’s health information and have evidence-based parameters in place to ensure data accuracy and patient compliance. There are many different perspectives on digital tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. Any patient should be able to see a physician or care provider without spending valuable time recounting their history.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

The article below summarizes those recommendations and includes a related notice of updates to the Department of Justice (DOJ) privacy policy. The FTC announcement clarified that email addresses constitute personally identifiable health information because email addresses identify visitors as people seeking mental health care.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the third in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Check out all the articles in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Going to HIMSS 2024 in Orlando?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians.

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E-CareManagement

JANUARY 22, 2020

In the latest post in our series — “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? In summary: HIPAA’s rules were not designed to address privacy risks introduced by widespread personal information collection and use in the modern digital ecosystem. Read the full article in The Health Care Blog.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

“Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. health care for privacy legislation and work flows that prioritize patient rights over their data.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Do you have an open health IT position that you are looking to fill? Contact us here with a link to the open position and we’ll be happy to feature it in next week’s article at no charge! Note: These jobs are listed by Healthcare IT Today as a free service to the community.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The legal action is one of what is likely to be an increasing number of fines issued to telehealth companies profiting from sharing consumers’ health data with advertisers, among other infractions. Under its health Breach Notification, the FTC took enforcement action, imposing a $1.5 million civil penalty against GoodRx.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2024

The following is a guest article by Shannon West, Chief Product Officer at Datavant Since the dawn of electronic medical records, American healthcare delivery systems have traced a winding path toward the dream of seamless and timely health data interoperability.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. In an age where data breaches are common, some patients are hesitant to put their health information online.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 20, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dave Cassel, Chief Customer Officer at Health Gorilla and Former Executive Director of Carequality Talking about privacy and security in health information exchange is tricky. But improvements can always be made, and must be made. is perhaps the biggest challenge of all.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment. Does the Exchange Allow Participants Full Control Over Their Data?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The following is a guest article by A. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement , also known as TEFCA, will soon launch, with Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) acting as a catalyst and change agent to re-invigorate momentum within the interoperability movement. Fortunately, change is coming soon.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2023

The following is a guest article by Michael Blum, MD, Cardiologist, Co-founder and CEO at BeeKeeperAI and Former Chief Medical Information Officer at UCSF Medical Center The advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT3 (GPT3) Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot sparked an unprecedented societal appreciation for the power of AI.

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