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) ? Also, make sure your core IT vendors especially your EHR and any analytics vendors do the same. So what is the balance between the two?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. These tools helped to keep us safe during the pandemic and are now working to ease the burden healthcare can have on people. The following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

When the sector is set to face shortages of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, generative AI could alleviate administrative work, such as summarizing patient calls and managing electronic health records (EHRs), to allow medical staff to focus on improving patient care.

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TheraNest

MAY 27, 2021

Every solo therapy practice is different and so is every EHR. In a saturated market of Electronic Health Record technology, it is incredibly important to be able to distinguish which tools will be able to help you and which ones will slow you down. What makes an EHR best for solo therapy practices? Billing Tools.

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Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

The supply side of digital health tools and tech is growing at a hockey-stick pace. Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals. There are mobile apps and remote health monitors, digital therapeutics and wearable tech from head-to-toe.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

HIPAA includes a requirement for MINIMUM NECESSARY ACCESS. Everyone knows that HIPAA requires patient information to be kept private and not shared with friends, family members, or anyone else without the patient’s authorization. HIPAA requires that computer activity logs be reviewed to identify unauthorized or inappropriate access.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

While more Americans appear to support data sharing between their physicians, and greater access to data for their own use, it’s concerning that only 36% of patients told the Pew that their providers’ EHRs let them access their own records electronically through an app or online patient portal. As with other aspects of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The platform will include managed services designed to support healthcare organizations, such as self-service portals and applications, data analytics and care collaboration tools, clinician collaboration software, and other capabilities. Epic will be the first EHR system to integrate with Teams in this way. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

"This was the key, as we have tried to launch clunky apps in the past through various EHRs that failed miserably with secondary to poor user experience." " In fact, one of the biggest struggles with EHR-based portals is adoption, and the best only get into the 60-75% range, he added. " he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Tight Epic EHR integration imperative. “ExtendedCare offered Grady a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based platform that allowed us to rapidly scale video visits at a pace we were comfortable with,” Hilburn explained. Glenn Hilburn, RN, vice president of information technology at Grady Health System.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This is due to more tools gathering more clinical evidence to show effectiveness and validity. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The health consumer conundrum on trust and “my” health/care data in our current world is that so much health-related data isn’t covered by HIPAA or in the medical claim or EHR.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Healthcare providers should adopt a proactive cybersecurity stance, ensuring both patient trust and compliance with industry standards like HIPAA and HITRUST, said George Pappas, CEO of Intraprise Health, a cybersecurity company recently acquired by Health Catalyst. HITRUST is another important framework that goes beyond HIPAA and NIST 2.0.

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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. . If any of these communications contain client information, then they should be secure and HIPAA compliant. But what does this mean exactly?

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Digital Health Global

MAY 1, 2024

Dock Health’s workflow automation tool importantly contributes to an improved provider experience, and we are excited to welcome Dock to Healthie’s Harbor, our marketplace of third-party tools and services,” said Erica Jain, CEO & co-founder, Healthie. Healthie is HIPAA Compliant and SOC-2 Certified.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

It had some tools to work with, but they were not optimized for enterprise use. As the pandemic hit, and the group's physicians needed to leverage existing telehealth tools, staff identified significant room for improvement. The tool had to work in a web browser on a desktop, tablet or smartphone to maximize access."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2020

According to the company's website, the software integrates into a provider's electronic health record, allowing for electronic, HIPAA-compliant patient reports to be transferred into an EHR system. BioTelemetry says it monitors 1.2 million patients a year, with 40,000 sensors shipped each month.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

" Staff had to figure out, fast, how to integrate this new model of care in a HIPAA-compliant model. " Integrating telehealth into the EHR. First up with the funding, in order to support the high volume of telemedicine requests, the organization needed a system that integrated directly into the EHR, Sheth said.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Amazon Web Services is rolling out a new tool designed to make it simpler for healthcare organizations to work with their data. Amazon HealthLake, which AWS describes as “HIPAA-eligible,” was launched during Amazon’s annual re:Invent conference.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. I’m keen to learn where the industry is on that diffusion curve in putting health information and tools into the hands of consumers, patients and caregivers. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Focus on the healthcare market AI systems have the capability to communicate with each other across various healthcare platforms , from electronic health records (EHR) to diagnostic tools. Including real-time monitoring of any data breaches or anomalies and ensuring compliance with regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 2, 2019

In the more than 20 years since the landmark passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare organizations have come a long way in protecting the security and privacy of patient data. Organizations now use sophisticated tools in the form of electronic health records (EHRs), online patient […].

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

Orders are to be entered into a medical record by hand or via CPOE (CPOE, unlike texting, is permitted because it is set up to auto-download into the EHR, with date, time and authentication taken care of). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. This is clear.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The relationship between security and HIPAA-compliance. More about this episode: ' The health system of the future will be consumer-centric, wellness-oriented and digitally connected ' Pandemic-era burnout: How EHR vendors are redesigning UI and UX to battle stress. How to maintain security in IoT connectivity.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Diana Sonbay-Benli, VP & Chief Product Officer, Cognizant TriZetto Healthcare Products at Cognizant Since the advent of HIPAA, almost a career’s duration ago, we’ve focused on the safeguarding of data. HIPAA/HITECH rules have been utilized in sharing data between various entities.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

Digital health innovations will play big roles in supporting that consumer health experience for most health providers: 58% prioritize offering digital tool and information for consumer engagement, and 56% of providers look to develop a range of virtual/telehealth access points. Enter the enterprise health cloud (EHC).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

As patient expectations grow, telehealth will aid providers in meeting those demands by being the primary tool for a modern patient experience. Advanced device integration will allow data flow between the providers' EHR and patients' personal devices. From here, telehealth will evolve to strengthen patient-provider engagement.

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TheraNest

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

With the mental health industry’s increasing complexity, coupled with lower reimbursement and increased administrative burden, EHRs (Electronic Health Records) are more helpful than ever. But even after you finally take the step to start using (or switch) to the right software , setting up an EHR can feel daunting.

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19 Labs

JULY 8, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, WellCheck pivoted to utilize its cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant platform for wellness screenings. Third-party EHR Integration: Seamless integration with over 100 EHR systems, including OCHIN OPIC, Athenahealth, and CureMD.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Being Philips, what underpins that quality and experience is technology; Philips explored telehealth, AI, digital health records (DHRs), and other digital health tools that can engage patients. Older people, in particular, would be more likely to use digital health tools if their clinicians recommend these technologies.

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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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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. For therapists, secure messaging goes beyond HIPAA compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Coming together under the Verisma brand, the combined company provides faster turnaround times through automation, expanded services to manage compliance requirements, and advanced tools to improve patient experience. ScanSTAT is a proud partner to some of the industry’s best electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

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). HIPAA protects patients by limiting who can access PHI, when they can access it, and how they use it.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

AI is becoming an essential tool in healthcare and is being leveraged to create new efficiencies this includes better documentation, streamlined data extraction, and predictive modeling that contribute to enhanced clinical efficiencies and higher-quality care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2024

Subsequent statements and social media posts, summarized nicely here by Brendan Keeler, indicate the shut-off occurred in response to Particle Health users requesting data without having a legitimate Treatment use case as defined by HIPAA. EHR vendor ModMed and Medtronic are partnering to enhance the documentation of polyp detection.

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