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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

Currently, one such tricky area is health information management. 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?

Health Information

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ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. When I started my career in health information, I worked in the medical records department.

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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

And most patients would also want access to information on their mental, behavioral, and substance use history. A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. As with other aspects of U.S. Patients in the U.S.

Health Data

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Secure Your Healthcare Organization with Better Cyber Resilience

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For healthcare organizations, such as hospitals or local doctor’s offices, this means not only protecting electronic health records (EHRs) and sensitive patient data but also ensuring that critical systems, such as diagnostic tools and patient care platforms, remain operational during a cyber attack.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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Patient engagement tools can speed, streamline COVID-19 vaccine rollout

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." "If there is an opportunity to eliminate friction, take it," he said.

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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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. Many practices rely on email for communication but this presents substantial risks to HIPAA compliance.

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Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Our reporters will be present to cover discussions on care, data and connectivity, as well as how Indonesia can learn from the lessons of other nations to advance its digital transformation in healthcare. By Adam Ang | June 29, 2022.

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Five Digital Health Imperatives for Patient Safety

The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Digital tools now present opportunities for unprecedented improvements in patient safety. Improving health literacy. The present popular conversations surrounding AI involve speculation whether AI will replace humans in every possible aspect of healthcare. Improving the electronic medical record (EHR).

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Ensuring Client Engagement in the EHR Era

TheraNest

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Recent technology advancements, like EHRs, have produced numerous benefits for both providers and clients, including faster intake, accessing documents and bills through the client portal, and enhanced collaboration among healthcare professionals. If they dont know about it, they wont use it.

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Getting the Patient Into the Office at Sun Life Health

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Sun Life Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) near Phoenix, Arizona, is leveraging their eClinicalWorks EHR platform to persuade patients to get the care they need. By closing these care gaps, not only are they better serving the community, Sun Life Health is also able to secure more federal funding.

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Bridging the Gap: Communication Challenges Throughout the Patient Journey

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

In pursuit of a better patient experience, most healthcare organizations have invested heavily in digital transformation, including the widespread adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). population is properly health literate, meaning only a low percentage can navigate the complexities of the healthcare system.

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Direct-to-patient platform uses AI to find gaps in care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Unite can access patient records from over 12,000 health systems, thanks to the 21st Century Cures Act and its mandate that healthcare providers provide patients with access to their records. The platform can import more than 1500+ EHR data elements, according to Unite's website.

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5 Reasons We’re Unprepared for Apple Watch ECG

33 Charts - Digital Health

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This is similar to the problem of 23 and Me data presented to the average family doctor. EHRs are not prepared. Apple’s health applications are creating a weird third space for health information. To date it’s unclear how well an Apple Watch ECG will play with legacy EHRs.

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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

now that it has entered the digital world (albeit tepidly) via EHRs and IT support. Herding a patient’s data from many sources into a single record has always been a lofty goal of digital health. Blockchain can also ensure the accuracy of the data exchanged among entities, something a HIE (health information exchange) cannot do.

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Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

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? So, I recommend the steps below, urging all patients to practice extreme care.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Human API

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

. “Human API and LexisNexis Risk Solutions can create a more seamless method of delivering sensitive health records while maintaining the industry’s data privacy standards and helping the healthcare and insurance communities improve and protect people’s lives.”

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Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Telemedicine, whether it be telephonic, live video or asynchronous, presents options for individuals whose access is limited by their insurance coverage, job and family commitments, or long distances to care. Despite the promising advancements, health systems still face hurdles in fully harnessing the potential of digital health.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This data segmentation hampers the holistic understanding of patient health and impedes timely and coordinated care delivery. The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability.

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Consumers or Patients: Who Does Your Health System Target?

Xealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

Data Liberation: A Double-Edged Sword The advent of electronic health records (EHRs) brought about a remarkable breakthrough in making patient health information (PHI) accessible. However, this deluge of data presents challenges for providers and health systems.

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How One Hospital System Baked Love Into Their Health App

Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

These benefits can’t be realized in healthcare without the enterprise health cloud ensuring privacy and security. Mobile apps do pose challenges for protecting digitized personal health information (PHI). This post has been published on Progress Software’s website here.

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New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

The goal was – and still is – preventing costly duplicate healthcare expenses and taking better, more informed care of patients. “LANES’ data repository comprises lab results, radiology diagnostics, procedures, transcription notes, allergies, immunizations, vitals, prescriptions and ADT information.

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FHIR, cloud, pop health and social determinants spark new security challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2019

There is also a big push for increasing a patient’s autonomy around their personal health information and the access they have to it, especially via personal devices which are likely to be used in the future to communicate directly with providers, if they aren’t already. FHIR and APIs. We have to do it.

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Dichotomy Was the Through Line at AHIMA23

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Dichotomy of Healthcare Dr. Zeev Neuwirth opened the 2023 American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA23) conference and spoke about the dichotomy of healthcare. At AHIMA23 the dichotomy of HIM’s past and present was on full display. mRNA vaccines, ambient voice scribes, and of course AI.

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Health Data and Interoperability Infrastructure Needs

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Despite existing data standards, upstream adherence by EHR vendors and providers has been inconsistent, obscuring downstream insights. These solutions can plug into EHR and care management systems to provide proactive and real-time patient insights, delivering care teams the information they need when they need it.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

As a result, the Current Health team has access to anonymized vital sign data and raw physiological sensor data – for example, temperature, heart rate, oxygen saturation, activity and posture – for hundreds of patients infected with the virus, as well as thousands of patients not infected with the virus.

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Health Care Data Wars: Exploring the Real Time v. PointClickCare Lawsuit and How to Get Access to Patient Data

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

During the past year, PointClickCare certified their service as an EHR with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), which allows the company to demonstrate compliance with laws and standards such as HIPAA. PointClickCare was founded more than 25 years ago in a simpler, more innocent era of health care data.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge. Within healthcare, the technology and expertise exist to help providers, payers, public health, health information exchanges, and healthcare IT companies exchange data.

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IT execs talk new strategies for analytics, patient engagement, telehealth and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

Luke's primary use of the patient portal prior to COVID-19 was as a tool for providing patients access to their health information, especially lab results and physician/patient messaging," he explained. "Our EHR platforms are utilitarian and are what they are.

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The Challenges and Potentials of Digital Health Solution in FQHCs & RHCs 2024

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

AUGUST 17, 2024

Specifically, CPT code G0511 is used for General Care Management services, including chronic care management and behavioral health integration services provided by RHCs and FQHCs to ensure comprehensive care for patients with chronic conditions. However, implementing these technologies also presents several challenges.

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EHR Incentive Programs: Moving into the Next Stage

CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Privacy Issues with Patient Portals

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 16, 2019

Editor’s Note: Payers stay informed with information security trends to protect their patients’ data. Often when sensitive data is entered into the EHR, it can automatically appear in the patient portal, be printed in a care summary report or get transmitted to other providers or payers.

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Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 1

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

achieved within days of the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic," said Dr. Tarun Kapoor, the health system's chief digital transformation officer. Health system leadership directed the implementation of the on-demand digital experience for consumers during the height of the pandemic to present immediate value to the community.

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Why is Apple interested in the Argonaut Project? Is an Apple electronic health record coming in 2018?

Lloyd Price

JUNE 23, 2018

Argonaut Project participants are working together to modernize nationwide health care interoperability through the increased adoption and development of the HL7 FHIR framework and API. In such implementations, the health data may be further computed based on the an electrical measurement obtained using the electrical contacts.

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HIMSS24: Showcasing Clinical Benefits from Digital Health

Xealth

MARCH 26, 2024

Digital innovation now has the results to back it up – as shown by speakers, including our COO and Co-Founder Aaron Sheedy and ChristianaCare’s Chief Health Information Officer and VP of Digital Clinical Transformation Dr. Timothy Shiuh in their joint session “ Using Digital to Fill White Space Between Appointments.”

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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

As part of the NETCCN project, Avel eCARE worked collaboratively to develop a cloud-based, low-resource, standalone health information management system to create and coordinate flexible and extendable "virtual critical care wards." HIPAA Compliant. Survey and consent tools.

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What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Ted Ferrin, Co-Founder and CEO at Rivet Cloud-based technology has emerged as a requisite solution to ensure high-quality patient care and to safeguard private health information (PHI). Michael Brickman, Medical Director of Plastic Surgery at ModMed Cloud-based EHRs are the gold standard for physician practices.

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What is Child Abuse Clinical Decision Support?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 17, 2023

Behavioral health practitioners are increasingly comfortable using Electronic Health Records (EHR), particularly when accessing specialized tools such as EHR-embedded child abuse clinical decision support systems. Limitation: EHR-embedded CDS should be used to support, but not replace, clinical judgment.

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Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event. Their presentation, “Ditch the Clipboard!

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Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

Patient records, hospital records, exam reports and the movement of information are all tracked by such systems. This presents a key challenge to CIOs and data leaders at healthcare provider and payer organizations: Access to this valuable data and making it actionable without inserting risk. Ben Herzberg, Chief Scientist at Satori.

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Google Care Studio: Creating a Longitudinal Health Record

Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It provides a holistic view of a patient's health over time, facilitating informed decision-making and improved patient care. Care Studio utilizes Google's Cloud Healthcare API to connect to and harmonize data from disparate sources, including electronic health records (EHRs), medical imaging systems, and laboratory systems.

EHR

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

ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

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Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference

Five Digital Health Imperatives for Patient Safety

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Getting the Patient Into the Office at Sun Life Health

Bridging the Gap: Communication Challenges Throughout the Patient Journey

Direct-to-patient platform uses AI to find gaps in care

5 Reasons We’re Unprepared for Apple Watch ECG

Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Human API

Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Consumers or Patients: Who Does Your Health System Target?

How One Hospital System Baked Love Into Their Health App

New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

FHIR, cloud, pop health and social determinants spark new security challenges

Dichotomy Was the Through Line at AHIMA23

Health Data and Interoperability Infrastructure Needs

Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Health Care Data Wars: Exploring the Real Time v. PointClickCare Lawsuit and How to Get Access to Patient Data

Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

IT execs talk new strategies for analytics, patient engagement, telehealth and more

The Challenges and Potentials of Digital Health Solution in FQHCs & RHCs 2024

EHR Incentive Programs: Moving into the Next Stage

Privacy Issues with Patient Portals

Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 1

Why is Apple interested in the Argonaut Project? Is an Apple electronic health record coming in 2018?

HIMSS24: Showcasing Clinical Benefits from Digital Health

HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

What is Child Abuse Clinical Decision Support?

Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Google Care Studio: Creating a Longitudinal Health Record

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