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A Look at Changes in the NEW HIPAA Security Rule

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Proposed Changes Require Strong Cybersecurity The newly proposed changes to the 2013 HIPAA Security Rule published yesterday in the U.S. Public comments may be submitted through March 7, 2025 at [link] by searching for the Docket ID number HHS-OCR-0945-AA22.

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Ensuring the Security and Privacy of Patient Data while Managing Large Volumes of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2024

How can healthcare organizations ensure the security and privacy of patient data while managing large volumes of electronic health records (EHRs) ? Andrew Hines, Chief Technology Officer at Canvas Medical While managing large volumes of electronic health records, it’s critical to keep patient data safe and secure.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. APIs can enable “Data liberación,” a concept proposed by Todd Park when he worked in the Obama administration. One-half of the APIs allowed Alissa to access pathology, x-rays, and clinical results of patients.

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Best Cybersecurity Practices for Patient Data Sharing in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The following is a guest article by Alexander Norell, Senior Director and Global Security Architect at VikingCloud One cannot overstate the benefits of data sharing in healthcare, which grows more prevalent as the years pass and technologies make the process more seamless. Data sharing also has more big-picture benefits.

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The Essential Guide to HIPAA-Compliant Messaging for Home Care Teams

Learn about potential HIPAA penalties and use a self-evaluation flowchart to determine your organization's need for HIPAA-compliant messaging. Discover straightforward steps to implement secure communication solutions efficiently, ensuring compliance and protecting patient data effectively.

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Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Enhance Data Integrity and Streamline Processes

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Emerging technologies can even detect anomalies or mistakes which can help a patient get the care they need faster or give you more accurate data. Jaimes Blunt, EVP of Infrastructure at emtelligent Healthcare data volumes continue to grow at an unprecedented rate, and most of healthcares critical data remains buried in unstructured text.

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Expect More From HIPAA Proposed Changes: Easing Information Flow Shouldn’t Mean Reducing Health Data Privacy

Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 29, 2021

Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996. The article Expect More From HIPAA Proposed Changes: Easing Information Flow Shouldn’t Mean Reducing Health Data Privacy appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HIPAA Gets First Major Update in Over a Decade

Digital Health Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

It might have taken the biggest data breach in healthcare history to make it happen, but HHS finally announced the first major changes to HIPAA in over a decade. By eliminating that line, HIPAA would make all of the above changes mandatory for all organizations, whether theyre ready to implement them or not.

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Amazon Alexa celebrates HIPAA-compliant data transfer with six new healthcare skills

Mobi Health News

APRIL 4, 2019

Developed by providers, payers and other stakeholders, each of the new voice-based services is designed to conveniently bring health knowledge and management into the home.

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The Cost of Inefficient Communication in Home Care & Beyond

It highlights the negative impacts on patient care quality, data security, and HIPAA compliance and provides practical solutions to enhance communication efficiency! Separate Personal and Clinical Communications: Implement policies and tools to distinguish conversations and minimize data breaches.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

adult 18 and over in April 2021 to gather data for this annual report. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. These methods could include: Making reidentification of “deidentified” health data illegal.

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How to Overcome HIPAA Myths to Enhance the Protection of Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The following is a guest article by Kate Barecchia, Global Data Privacy Officer at Imperva. In cybersecurity, change is essential to defeat two of the most common causes of data breaches: the ever-evolving attack styles of hackers and human error. For many of us, change is hard. According to the U.S.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

Most older Americans would share data collected through a wearable tech device with their health care provider, but a minority (35%) would share that information with a health insurance company. While older people who own a wearable would be more willing to share their health data on social media, only 12% of them would be likely to do so.

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Modernizing Healthcare Communications with Cloud Fax

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Under HIPAA compliance, healthcare organizations must ensure that all communications, including fax, are secure and meet stringent standards. By modernizing these systems with cloud-based solutions, healthcare organizations can find a balance between HIPAA compliance and operational efficiency. million annually for cloud fax services.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.

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Managing Competing Government Data Requirements and Best Practices to Balance Sharing with Protection

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The desire for healthcare data has never been greater. This is true for healthcare organizations that want legitimate access to data. Hackers that want to breach healthcare data. Startups that want appropriate access to data and some who want to push the envelope of what data should be shared.

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Doctors’ Recommendations Are Top Motivators for Consumers Who Buy Digital Health Devices: Trust and Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Finally, doctors are trusted data stewards for patients — something we’ve appreciated since the advent of HIPAA. Bravo to Essence Healthcare, a Medicare Advantage plan, for offering Oura rings in 2025 to members who want to engage with self-tracking, sharing data, and acting on advice to benefit their health as they age.

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CenturyGoal and Analyticar Merge to Launch Omniscient Platforms and Omniscient Health to Redefine Data Science with Comprehensive Business, Accounting, and IT Expertise

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Omniscient Health to Offer Specialized Data Science Services to Enhance Earnings and Reduce Administrative Burdens for Healthcare Providers Omniscient Platforms and its affiliate, Omniscient Health (collectively, Omniscient), announced their launch today, resulting from the merger of CenturyGoal and Analyticar.

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Cerebral says 3M affected by a patient data breach

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 13, 2023

Like many technology companies and healthcare providers , between October 2019 to January 2023 Cerebral used pixel tracking technologies, according to the company's Notice of HIPAA Privacy Breach. million for allegedly sharing consumer data with third-party advertisers. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier. Still, over 50% of consumers ages 56 to 74 would like to download their EHR data. People in the U.S.

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Three Steps to Unlock the Power of AI for Healthcare Transformation

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Prioritize Data Quality for AI Success High-quality data is the cornerstone of effective AI solutions. But for healthcare organizations, ensuring data quality isn’t just about improving AI outcomes – it’s also vital for patient safety and care. Ensure Security and Regulatory Compliance In healthcare, data security is paramount.

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Unlocking Healthcare’s Mobile Future: HIPAA-Compliant BYOD

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2024

That’s why we were particularly interested in this session at HIMSS 2024 that looked at how to create a HIPAA-Compliant BYOD program which balanced the security needs of a healthcare organization while still meeting the workflow needs of their users. Million in HIPAA fines. Plus, healthcare has up to $1.5 MDM is risky!

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ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. State laws and policies should also define consumer health data with the uniform language defined as protected health information under HIPAA, the group said in its announcement this week.

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HIPAA and Machine Learning at Loyal

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Deep learning traditionally involves funneling huge data sets into layers of software to produce actionable insights. Loyal, I’m told by Sharma, created one of first HIPAA-compliant chatbots. Loyal respects HIPAA with two major design choices. Loyal also tracks patient responses and suggests new topics to the clinician.

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

APRIL 11, 2019

This chart illustrated data from that survey, showing that trust, authenticity and satisfaction were the top three drivers among consumers looking to engage for health. Furthermore, data can be scraped for all kinds of purposes, outside of the context of health care in which patients and health consumers originally share their data.

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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

All practices must comply with HIPAA, as well as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). A few examples are obtaining permission to share information with third parties, having patients “opt-in” to communications, and putting the right data security measures in place. The first step is using a HIPAA-compliant telehealth solution.

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

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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How Healthcare Communication Platforms Can Harness Generative AI in a HIPAA-Compliant Way

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed. Up to now, HIPAA-compliant data security and generative AI haven’t gone hand-in-hand as AI is trained on large datasets centrally and often by third parties.

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Key Challenges in Maintaining Compliance with Regulatory Standards in the Context of Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2024

To learn more about this, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them what are the key challenges in maintaining compliance with regulatory standards, such as HIPAA , in the context of health information management? Developing these systems often requires using real or closely approximated statistical data.

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A Fresh Approach to Safeguarding Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Attackers hold your data hostage until you acquiesce to their payment demands, with some even selling the data on the dark web. Stealing healthcare data in this way and monetizing or using it for extortion has ballooned out of control, with at least a dozen hospitals dealing with ransomware at any given time.

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Securing Healthcare Data in AWS: Best Practices and Compliance

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In today’s technologically advanced world, the healthcare system is also undergoing a rapid digital transformation, especially in regard to data storage and protection. Hospital records contain sensitive data, including diagnostic details and sensitive personal health information. What is HIPAA? healthcare legislation.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

Just last month, Amazon announced HIPAA-compliant privacy bundled into Alexa skills with Atrium Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, CIGNA, ExpressScripts, Livongo, and Swedish Health Connect. With every one of these digital health encounters, from Alexa to Zipongo, a bit of data is created. mobile consumers. mobile consumers.

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Health Consumers Are Now Amazon-Primed for Healthcare – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 2

Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2019

Developing Alexa-skills that are HIPAA-compliant to bolster users’ personal health information privacy collaborating with Atrium Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, CIGNA, Express Scripts, Livongo Health, and Providence St. Using such profiles can be very helpful for health, if that’s the intent of the data-miner.

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Keragon, an AI-Powered Healthcare Automation Platform, Secured a $7.5M Seed Round Six Months Post-Launch

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Keragon , an AI-powered HIPAA-compliant automation platform for healthcare, has raised $7.5 Customers praise Keragon for its ability to streamline real-time data exchange between different platforms, reduce administrative burden, and safeguard patient data. million in an oversubscribed seed funding round.

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How To Safeguard Healthcare Data and Systems in The Digital Age

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The following is a guest article by Pukar Hamal, Founder and CEO at SecurityPal While Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have made managing data easier, they’ve also become a prime target for cybercriminals. million, almost double the average across other sectors. million, almost double the average across other sectors.

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L.A. Care must pay $1.3M settlement over data breaches that violated HIPAA: HHS

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

million people in Medicaid, Medicare, and Affordable Care Act plans, was ordered to shore up its data protection systems. Care, which provides coverage for about 2.9

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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Innovative Remote Health Monitoring Solutions for Blood Oxygen & Physiologic Data

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Healthcare providers can now use advanced medical devices to track important health data. This blog will discuss how RPM is transforming healthcare by enabling real-time tracking of vital health data like blood oxygen, heart rate, and blood pressure. For doctors, having real-time access to patient data is very important.

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Providing Useful Anonymized Data for Health Research: Subsalt Finds a Blended Solution

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Ever since data went online, health care organizations and others have been struggling to provide useful data for advanced analytics while guarding Protected Health Information (PHI). Data masking, data aggregation, synthetic data, and differential privacy are among the solutions, but each presents difficulties and limitations.

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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We talk a lot about sharing data and how it will improve patient outcomes and interoperability, but do we talk enough about how to do it safely? Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom.

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Addressing Ethical Considerations of Implementing AI Solutions in Regard to Patient Data Privacy and Decision Making

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2025

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to ask What ethical considerations should be addressed when implementing AI solutions in healthcare, particularly in areas such as patient data privacy and decision-making ? This practice could inadvertently expose sensitive patient information, resulting in HIPAA violations.

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Data Privacy in Healthcare: Balancing Innovation with Patient Security

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ganesh Nathella, Senior Vice President & General Manager – Healthcare and Life Sciences Business at Persistent Systems The rapid integration of digital technologies in healthcare has revolutionized patient care and operations, but it has also heightened concerns about data privacy.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Advancing Behavioral Health Care Through AI Integration

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

When properly integrated with operational workflows, this technology offers several key advantages in improving care delivery and patient outcomes: Enhanced Risk Detection and Analysis AI processes comprehensive data sets from medical records, claims, and prescription histories to identify subtle risk patterns that complement clinical assessment.

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A Look at Changes in the NEW HIPAA Security Rule

Ensuring the Security and Privacy of Patient Data while Managing Large Volumes of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

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Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Enhance Data Integrity and Streamline Processes

Expect More From HIPAA Proposed Changes: Easing Information Flow Shouldn’t Mean Reducing Health Data Privacy

HIPAA Gets First Major Update in Over a Decade

Amazon Alexa celebrates HIPAA-compliant data transfer with six new healthcare skills

The Cost of Inefficient Communication in Home Care & Beyond

The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

How to Overcome HIPAA Myths to Enhance the Protection of Healthcare Data

The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Modernizing Healthcare Communications with Cloud Fax

Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Managing Competing Government Data Requirements and Best Practices to Balance Sharing with Protection

Doctors’ Recommendations Are Top Motivators for Consumers Who Buy Digital Health Devices: Trust and Health

CenturyGoal and Analyticar Merge to Launch Omniscient Platforms and Omniscient Health to Redefine Data Science with Comprehensive Business, Accounting, and IT Expertise

Cerebral says 3M affected by a patient data breach

Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Three Steps to Unlock the Power of AI for Healthcare Transformation

Unlocking Healthcare’s Mobile Future: HIPAA-Compliant BYOD

ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data

HIPAA and Machine Learning at Loyal

Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

How Healthcare Communication Platforms Can Harness Generative AI in a HIPAA-Compliant Way

Key Challenges in Maintaining Compliance with Regulatory Standards in the Context of Health Information Management

A Fresh Approach to Safeguarding Healthcare Data

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Keragon, an AI-Powered Healthcare Automation Platform, Secured a $7.5M Seed Round Six Months Post-Launch

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L.A. Care must pay $1.3M settlement over data breaches that violated HIPAA: HHS

My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Innovative Remote Health Monitoring Solutions for Blood Oxygen & Physiologic Data

Providing Useful Anonymized Data for Health Research: Subsalt Finds a Blended Solution

The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Addressing Ethical Considerations of Implementing AI Solutions in Regard to Patient Data Privacy and Decision Making

Data Privacy in Healthcare: Balancing Innovation with Patient Security

The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Advancing Behavioral Health Care Through AI Integration

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