Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This information must be protected to avoid any legal implications and ensure compliance with privacy regulatory laws, like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). What is HIPAA? HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is an integral part of U.S. Let’s discuss the topic in detail.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2019

The introduction of overlays into a medical record system can be so subtle that they often go unnoticed until one causes an adverse event, HIPAA violation or billing error—making them a […]. The article Overlays: Eradicating One of Healthcare’s Greatest Patient Safety Issues appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Instead of continuing with business and event travel into March, HIMSS was canceled at the last minute and converted to a virtual event. And so it went, for Argentum events many other summits. A year that saw little travel but it was a good time to write. Most would agree that this year was not what we expected.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2024

Products HubSpot Smart CRM now lets customers store HIPAA-protected and medical data. Meanwhile, at its Sapphire event SAP announced new AI capabilities for SAP Information Collaboration Hub for Life Sciences and SAP Advanced Track and Trace for Pharmaceuticals.

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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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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Using cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies on healthcare websites raises concerns about protecting personal health information and compliance with HIPAA. HIPAA is a federal law that sets forth requirements for covered entities, including healthcare providers, health plans, and business associates.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 3, 2023

The specifics of the case and its repercussions for HIPAA business associates are discussed as part of overall HIPAA guidelines for healthcare professionals. What Are the Differences between HIPAA Covered Entities and HIPAA Business Associates? However, there are important distinctions between the two.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2024

Next on my list of threats would be the risk of misdiagnosis or missed events. Misinterpretations of data, reliance solely on algorithms for alerts, and technical glitches could lead to missed critical events or unnecessary interventions. Pro tip: Look for a proven track record and HIPAA compliance.

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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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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. Prompt reporting of any breaches is a crucial part of HIPAA compliance as it initiates the internal process of investigation and mitigation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But when you are very nauseous, incredibly lethargic, tired and suffering from several adverse events, you may want to find a secure and reliable way to connect with your clinical team – but not necessarily in a synchronous manner. They certainly want to keep their personal phone number private.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services to be much more active in the enforcement of healthcare privacy following recent, and increasing, events like the data breach with Change Healthcare. Recent cybersecurity events indicate that maintaining a secure infrastructure is critical for managing and sharing data 24/7.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

In operating rooms, HIPAA and GDPR-compliant information and device security are as important as integrating audio-visual input, using encrypted video screens on a secure storage mechanism to protect against unauthorised access. Because any intrusion can result in an adverse event for the patient’s case.

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TheraNest

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Unlike the secure and HIPAA-compliant telehealth video platform provided by TheraNest, Apple’s FaceTime is not HIPAA compliant and therefore should never be used to see clients or complete telehealth sessions. However, even with the bug fixed FaceTime remains a non-HIPAA compliant platform for telehealth sessions.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of the most well-known – though broadly misunderstood – data protection regulations, and it includes stiff penalties for noncompliance. HIPAA plays a role in that protection, but there is a persistent misconception that compliance and security are synonymous.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Zoom this week announced expanded Zoom AI Companion capabilities for its regulated healthcare and education customers at its virtual event, Zoomtopia 2023. In the blog post response , Zoom addressed concerns about HIPAA-protected conversations on the platform.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 15, 2023

Additionally, we can help with: relationship issues and divorce, stress management, anger management, LGBTQI+, grief and loss, traumatic life events, confidence and self-esteem, phobias, coping with illnesses.” The question posed in that title about possible HIPAA infractions was unanswered until now with Cerebral.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Synthetic data is produced by generative models that create data meant to preserve the important underlying patterns that are useful to data consumers without disclosing anything about real, underlying people or events. Differential privacy protects data by answering queries with strategically garbled results.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

Prior to the use of RPM technologies, the monitoring of neutropenic fever events relied on patient self-reporting and periodic manual temperature checks, which can result in erroneous reporting or delayed intervention. You've already mentioned the technology helping detect impending neutropenic events 18 hours in advance of readmission.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Network connectivity is essential to aggregating the data required to build a complete patient record while addressing often forgotten treatment areas, such as adverse medication interactions and provider event notifications. One of the HIPAA-compliant solutions CyncHealth uses to exchange information is Direct Secure Messaging.

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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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TheraNest

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

TheraNest’s EasyStart Assistant allows admins to hit the ground running by guiding you through configuring the most necessary settings Alert and Notification Settings : To keep your practice running smoothly, set up alerts and notifications for critical events, such as medication interactions, upcoming appointments, and overdue tasks.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 3, 2023

The specifics of the case and its repercussions for HIPAA business associates are discussed as part of overall HIPAA guidelines for healthcare professionals. What Are the Differences between HIPAA Covered Entities and HIPAA Business Associates? However, there are important distinctions between the two.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

The specifics of the case and its repercussions for HIPAA business associates are discussed as part of overall HIPAA guidelines for healthcare professionals. What Are the Differences between HIPAA Covered Entities and HIPAA Business Associates? However, there are important distinctions between the two.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

Patient Unified Health Scoring is integrated with the Patient Data Platform, which helps customers connect all their end-customer data in a single place while also meeting their HIPAA-compliant responsibilities. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. HIMSS22 Coverage. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Healthcare IT News interviewed Dr. Richard Tytus, associate clinical professor at McMaster University and cofounder and medical director of Banty, a vendor of a HIPAA-compliant video platform used for telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It also means regularly testing and reviewing their devices against HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, and other healthcare security, privacy, and compliance frameworks. This includes implementing a program designed to bring together technology and processes for a single focus of protecting the patient in the event of a cyberattack.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2019

"Patients use emocha, a HIPAA-compliant mobile application, on their smartphone to video record themselves taking their medication, report side effects and receive medication reminders," Mbakwem said. "They have access to two-way, HIPAA-secure messaging to communicate with their healthcare provider. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2025

By flagging these mistakes in real time, LLMs can help reduce the incidence of adverse drug events and improve patient safety. Technologies that interact with patient data must adhere to strict privacy and security laws, such as HIPAA in the U.S. Achieving product-market fit in this space remains a significant challenge.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

AI tools, such as those on HIPAA-compliant platforms like Microsoft Azure, are transforming how we analyze and apply evidence-based practices. Telemedicine also plays a crucial role, increasing access to both primary and specialty services and offering a bright future for holistic patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. As one of the leading experts on patient privacy and health data security, Chris has authored dozens of articles and is a frequent speaker at national healthcare industry events.

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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). Therefore, a breach in one system can affect entire networks.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In the event of a breach, being prepared can greatly reduce the impact. This is a HIPAA requirement for business associates. To protect your healthcare organization from cyberattacks, lost patient trust, reputational damage, and the other negative consequences of a data breach, third-party risk management is essential.

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2024

In the past few years, what event or innovation has had the metaphorical impact of hitting you upside the head and disrupted your best-laid plans in health care? A few such forces for me have been the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of Chat-GPT, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Health Populi

JULY 15, 2018

The 2018 report also explores the concept of “mega-breaches” (very large scale events) for the first time, with data losses ranging from 1 million to 50 million records lost, resulting in financial losses of $40 million to $350 million. This 2018 report found the average cost of a data breach globally was $3.86 million, up 6.4%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As a standalone, HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform, Doxy.me "This prompted us to subsequently evaluate telemedicine vendor Doxy.me and quickly pilot it with a handful of providers," Sinkoff noted. "This relatively straightforward and simple solution offered Sun River a platform accessible from phones, tablets and laptops.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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. Currently, ChatGPT does not meet HIPAA standards. However, the best solution is to install new equipment.

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