E-CareManagement

JANUARY 22, 2020

Some have called on policymakers to extend HIPAA to cover mHealth apps and other online platforms. In the latest post in our series — “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? ” — Deven McGraw and I argue that extending HIPAA is not a viable solution. By Susannah Fox, September 19, 2019.

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Health Populi

MARCH 7, 2019

This tension has extreme relevance for personal health and healthcare, as AI and data analytics become quickly adopted by payors, insurance companies, providers, pharma, and consumer tech companies that lie outside of HIPAA privacy and security regulations. This law shares many elements with the GDPR.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Using digital tech has improved consumers’ experiences with health care providers across a range of tasks: 53% told Philips it’s easier to schedule appointments, 47% think it’s easier to get test results, 42% receive appointment reminders, and 27% are able to monitor health indicators on their own.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Products HubSpot Smart CRM now lets customers store HIPAA-protected and medical data. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2025

The following is a guest article by Amol Dalvi, VP of Product at Nerdio Healthcare stands at a critical juncture, grappling with the complexities of technological advancement, escalating cyber threats, and increasing demands on its IT infrastructure.

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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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E-CareManagement

JUNE 27, 2021

The McKinsey “2,750 times” statistic is a pretty good proxy for the amount of your personal health data that is NOT protected by HIPAA and currently is broadly unprotected from sharing and use by third parties. Read the rest of our article on The Health Care Blog.

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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.”

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

While that may not affect an individual patient whose data is included in the data set, it affects patient outcomes overall because it allows us to analyze the data and provide early interventions and programs. Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange Keeping patient data safe and private is our top priority.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Following the release of a report by STAT and The Markup, which found 49 of 50 telehealth startups may fall short of legal requirements for HIPAA compliance, a bipartisan group of US senators has fiercely criticized several prominent telehealth startups for sharing patient data with Facebook, Google, and other major advertising platforms.

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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. So, HIPAA may not apply. What do I mean?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Finally, AI-powered cybersecurity solutions safeguard sensitive patient health information (PHI). These systems can detect anomalies, identify potential security breaches, and implement adaptive security measures, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards such as HIPAA. We could not do this without all of your support.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Data breaches or mishandling can also put a practice at serious risk of legal and financial trouble. That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. Keeping PHI secure is the main goal of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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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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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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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 15, 2023

.” OCR’s Allegation of Cerebral Telehealth The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the US Health and Human Services department in charge of investigating and sanctioning HIPAA violations, has posted the results of their current investigation of Cerebral. HIPAA investigations don’t occur in a vacuum.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ameesh Divatia, Co-Founder and CEO at Baffle Healthcare organizations were early adopters for protecting data in the modern environment — from stringent compliance regulations to the need to share health records between offices securely.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Guy Tish, Co-Founder and CTO at Briya. Data is the bread and butter of the digital health industry. In the ledgers supporting Smart Contracts, or in any decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), rules guiding the transactions or data transfers across peers are automatically enforced.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Weston Blakeslee, PhD, Vice President, Clinical Data Strategies at DrFirst Health inequities are driven by multiple factors, but new technology is helping close the gap. AI tools, such as those on HIPAA-compliant platforms like Microsoft Azure, are transforming how we analyze and apply evidence-based practices.

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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. ” Here’s Ascension’s press release on the collaboration , described in the title as “healthcare transformation.”

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 22, 2025

This article explores why every healthcare practice must adopt a CCM program, how AI and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) are enhancing CCM effectiveness. Department of Veterans Affairs, DrKumo upholds the highest cybersecurity standards (VA Directive 6500, FIPS 140-3, HIPAA) to ensure secure and compliant patient data management.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

HandsFree Health's WellBe, is a secure, HIPAA compliant in-home voice-activated device that speaks when spoken to. We use discreet monitors to collect data on the daily activities of your loved one. NOTE: If you are reading this post in email, take a look at it on www.ageinplacetech.com to find other resources and articles.].

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. QuickBlox released a HIPAA-compliant chatbot approved for use with OpenAI. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 9, 2019

If properly anonymized, this could provide a wealth of additional data allowing medical professionals to improve treatments and give patients better information. HIPAA-Drive But healthcare is also an industry, especially in the US, and it can be immensely profitable.

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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 Misrepresented its HIPAA Compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The following is a guest article by Michael Armstrong, Chief Technology Officer at Authenticx. Will healthcare organizations sacrifice data privacy as they implement and rely more on AI? From disease detection and treatment management to patient communications, AI plays an ever increasing role in the healthcare industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

The following is a guest article by Stephanie Maharjan, Director of Operations at WellReceived. The American Medical Association found that in 2022, over 75% of patients expressed concern about protecting the privacy of personal health data. So, it’s essential providers have a secure system to manage it.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Lessons Learned From a Health System’s Internal Data Breach. An Alabama health system recently fired an employee who accessed 2,500 patient records without authorization.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2024

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Bringing Contextualized Health Data into Diagnosis and Treatment. Read more… Modern Approaches to Master Data Management. Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Optimize Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience. Simply collecting patient data and giving it to providers isn’t enough any more.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Discussing TEFCA, QHINs, HDUs, and Interoperability With Civitas Health. They also touched on the role of health data utilities as the evolution of the state HIE.

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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. Among them was a depiction of the medical caduceus and the term “HIPAA.” Comment below and share this article with your colleagues.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The following is a guest article by Sam Dorshorst, Account Executive at Documo. COVID-19 exposed many dangerous flaws in our healthcare system, not least of which is the inability of providers to easily share life-saving information wherever and whenever it’s needed.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Patients are embracing the notion of monitoring their health every day, but health systems aren’t , John Lynn discovered in a chat with Rich Steinle and Scott Pradels at Carium.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Bruce Bassi, Advisory Board Member at CharmHealth Most patients have almost certainly received an invitation to join their electronic medical record communication system, or portal for their particular doctor’s office.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ernie Ostic , Chief Evangelist at Manta The healthcare industry creates a vast amount of data each year — roughly 30% of worldwide data — the bulk of which must conform with regulatory standards.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JULY 8, 2024

This article explores these challenges in detail, shedding light on the complexities involved in integrating RPM systems into heart failure management. This fragmentation hinders the efficient sharing and analysis of patient data. However, despite these benefits, the widespread adoption of RPM technologies faces numerous challenges.

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