Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 4, 2023

Shared information can include detailed descriptions of health issues, names, street addresses, email addresses, diagnoses, or prescription information. Key aspects of HIPAA that might be relevant include: HIPAA requires covered entities (e.g., They may or may not be governed by HIPAA. Clash of the Titans?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 30, 2023

We’ve discussed the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights’ “HIPAA Right of Access Initiative” in several previous articles. HIPAA rules can be complex, particularly for smaller providers, but they have existed for almost three decades.

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NiftyHMS

JANUARY 9, 2025

Physiotherapy Centers : Monitor Patient Recovery : Document progress, including mobility, strength, and pain levels. Veterinary Clinics : Pet Health Information : Keep detailed records of pet health, treatments, and vaccination schedules. Schedule Appointments : Easily manage follow-up visits to ensure continued recovery.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Only 14% of Americans are confident in their health plan choices, according to a survey from Softheon. Partnerships AI documentation and coding vendor Ambience Healthcare joined athenahealth’s Marketplace Program. Behavioral health screening vendor Mental Health Technologies joined AdvancedMD’s marketplace.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

RIN 0945-AA22: A Game-Changer for ePHI Protection The HHS has introduced RIN 0945-AA22, a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, to enhance the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI). Document an incident response plan and establish contingency measures to restore operations within 72 hours, minimizing disruptions.

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TheraNest

AUGUST 19, 2019

Your clients need to feel a certain level of trust to benefit from your services, and a good part of this trust comes from knowing that the information they give you is safe and HIPAA compliant. . You’ve probably taken all the necessary precautions to protect your clients’ information within the office.

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TheraNest

JULY 23, 2019

How to Stay HIPAA Compliant in the World of Social Media. While health companies need to take great pains to make sure they are in HIPAA compliance, which includes all the cyber and physical security mandates, one thing commonly overlooked is social media security. Common HIPAA violations pertaining to social media.

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NiftyHMS

JANUARY 27, 2025

Ayurvedic Centers : Health Tracking : Document patient health and monitor ongoing treatments. Veterinary Practices : Pet Health Records : Organize vaccination schedules, treatments, and medical histories. Data Accessibility : Store pet health information for quick retrieval.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 7, 2023

If you, as a behavioral health professional, violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), you must follow certain obligations and procedures to rectify the situation. Below then, is a suggested list of steps for a practitioner who wonders, “What Happens if you violate HIPAA?”

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2018

An essay in Health Affairs speaks to Data Sharing For Precision Medicine: Policy Lessons and Future Directions, written by a team of researchers based in Zurich a the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). The team analyzed data-sharing guidelines across 230 policy documents published between 1996 and 2017.

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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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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 7, 2023

If you, as a behavioral health professional, violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), you must follow certain obligations and procedures to rectify the situation. Documentation. You must document all actions and steps taken following a breach. Breach Notification. Mitigation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

" The challenge was to provide those who seek care from the organization with the best digital patient experience – one that was intuitive and integrated, and valued their health information, he added. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MARKETPLACE.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.

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Health Populi

APRIL 30, 2018

Developing a culture of cyber- and health privacy-awareness must be a priority for health providers, who as they look to patients for greater health engagement, must bake their trust into health information systems. Consider this a crucial node in patient and clinician experience.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Maintaining the privacy of that information is known as the clinician’s duty to maintain confidentiality. HIPAA regulations focus on compliance with rules to ensure the privacy and security of health information, whether that data is in the form of a document, a remote patient monitoring score, a recording, an image, or an app.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

Guillermo Diaz, Chief Medical Information Officer at Los Angeles Department of Health Services – Ambulatory Care Network , and Ali Modaressi, CEO at Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES) When Alex was brought into L.A. He has been practicing in this field for over 15 years.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 29, 2023

According to the US Department of Human Services (HHS), healthcare professionals can share HIPAA-protected health information (HIPAA PHI) with one another without written content in several circumstances. Also, it bears mentioning that the information below is not necessarily relevant if the client is a child.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By integrating composition capabilities with execution, healthcare billers control and automate every step from a single platform while also eliminating the need to share patient health information with multiple vendors. HIPAA Compliance and Security/Privacy Controls Not all CCM platforms have been designed for healthcare purposes.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When considering healthcare cybersecurity best practices, HIPAA security risk assessments and HIPAA remediation plans are essential. Several years ago, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released guidance to help healthcare practices improve cybersecurity. HIPAA Security Risk Assessment and Remediation Plans.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JUNE 17, 2024

However, alongside the benefits RPM offers, healthcare providers must navigate a complex terrain of documentation requirements to support billing claims effectively. Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal, medical, or financial advice.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

By contrast, there are HIPAA-compliant ways to use texting to convey information to patients. "There are many use cases that don't include [protected health information] that will get way higher compliance." I got an email with the link to my MyChart and couldn't remember my password," he said.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires healthcare organizations, including doctors, to maintain the privacy and security of patient data. A practical HIPAA compliance checklist is essential to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations. What Is HIPAA Compliance?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

Those advertising companies include Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, and many more, which are immune to HIPAA violations because they are not covered entities. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians. ” JMIR Mental Health 7, no.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

Federal guidelines like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) outline the responsibility of healthcare providers when it comes to creating, analyzing, and distributing Protected Health Information (PHI).

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 30, 2023

We’ve discussed the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights’ “HIPAA Right of Access Initiative” in several previous articles. HIPAA rules can be complex, particularly for smaller providers, but they have existed for almost three decades.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

State documents define rules for collecting, storing, processing, and transmitting medical information. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

At least 150 Google employees already have access to much of the data on tens of millions of patients, according to a person familiar with the matter and the documents.” ” While Google is a well-known brand and customer experience for most people, Ascension Health may not be as familiar an organization.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 6, 2016

HHS has produced an 8 page fact-sheet on Ransomeware and HIPAA that is fantastic. Just 8 pages, packed with very readable, reasonable, reasoned, and backed by long standing Security and Privacy HIPAA Regulation. It is so good that I have very little to say as any emphasis I would add is already in the 8 pages.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2022

The following is a guest article by Richard Barretto, Chief Information Security Officer Progress. Files and Documents are a cybercriminal gold mine. Healthcare companies have a lot on their IT plate, but often neglect their most vital assets: files, documents, and records.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb?

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 4, 2024

Exec Summary: AWS HealthScribe is a HIPAA-eligible machine learning (ML) service that leverages speech recognition and generative AI to automate the creation of clinical documentation. Key benefits of using AWS HealthScribe: Improved efficiency: Reduces the time spent on documentation, allowing clinicians to focus on patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2024

The following is a guest article by Chris Larkin, CTO at Concord Technologies In 2018, faxing patient records was deemed part of healthcare’s “ 1990s time warp ” by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (now the ASTP, or Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy ).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 15, 2024

PROPOSAL Vendor Brook Health's remote patient monitoring technology is designed to address the unique challenges faced by patients with hypertension who encounter transportation barriers. This system seamlessly integrates wearable devices and a mobile app into a HIPAA-compliant platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

As healthcare systems and providers modernize (or build) their technology stacks, it will be more important than ever to prioritize privacy and to understand new regulations at the state level, from HIPAA, and from the FTC. The AHA’s aim was to reduce unnecessary documentation and streamline the coding process.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2020

Health information management has seen many new processes quickly evolve during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following is a guest article by Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS, CPHI, FAHIMA, Director, Client Relations and Account Management at MRO.

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