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

Health Populi

The vast majority of older people, across the age groups, use their smartphones every day: most commonly, to send or receive emails, to get directions or traffic information, or to surf the web for news, information, or social networking. Half of older people with a home assistant use them every day, across all age groups.

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COVID- 19 Group Therapy and HIPAA Privacy

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Group Therapy and HIPAA Privacy Rule Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, a healthcare provider may use and disclose protected health information (PHI), without individual written authorization, if the use or disclosure is a treatment disclosure. This general rule applies to … Read more.

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Florida physician contractor group to pay $500K to settle HIPAA violations

FierceHealthIT

A Florida-based contractor physician group will pay $500,000 to settle HIPAA violations after data on more than 9,000 patients was posted online.

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Is HIPAA-Compliant Texting Necessary?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Messages can be sent from one person to another or shared by a group. While there are many advantages to using text with and about patients, text messaging in healthcare poses risks that HIPAA addresses. Messages intended for an individual can be accidentally sent to a group. Text Messaging and HIPAA.

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Heritage Group Joins GTCR as Investor in Equiti

Healthcare IT Today

Harrison Joins Equiti’s Board of Directors Heritage Group , a healthcare-focused private equity firm, today announced a significant investment in Equiti Health (Equiti or the Company), a leading provider of tech-enabled, healthcare-focused language interpretation services. patient population. patient population. healthcare system.

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What Our Pharmacy Group Has Learned as Our HIPAA-Governed Work Has Shifted Remote

Healthcare IT Today

As a pharmacy group, our frontline employees are, of course, still very much going into work to fill prescriptions and serve customers. […]. The following is a guest article by Marshall Frost, VP of IT and Vendor Management, Longs Pharmacy Solutions.

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Provider, health IT groups praise proposed bills to change patient privacy regulations

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare and health IT groups are supporting recently proposed legislation aimed at reforming a patient privacy regulation by aligning it with HIPAA.

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