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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?

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HHS publishes AI Strategic Plan, with guidance for healthcare, public health, human services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2025

" Meanwhile, HHS acknowledges that "AI use in medical research and discovery could present biosecurity, privacy, bias, and other risks." " So the agency will soon share national guidelines specific to health AI and build sandboxes for industry collaboration, and explore using AI for dynamic AI risk assessment.

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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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Social Media Platforms: NAM’s advice for credible health information

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 16, 2024

Recognizing the impact these platforms can have on shaping public understanding of health matters, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has put forth essential principles and attributes in their paper titled “ Identifying Credible Sources of Health Information in Social Media: Principles and Attributes.

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Xealth: Connecting Hospitals and Health Systems to Patient Apps and Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Xealth also presents dashboards that show the clinician which patients have taken advantage of the third-party content. Xealth makes it easy to add apps to a patient portal, vastly increasing the usefulness of web sites that traditionally were used for minor tasks such as distributing test results.

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#SPM2018 speakers @_AngelaKennedy and daughter Grace: “Personal Health Information is Saving Grace”

Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Due to a lack of and incorrect personal health information, Grace was being treated for conditions she did not have. Both Angela and Grace, who are presenting at the upcoming Society for Participatory Medicine conference in Boston, are avid proponents of participatory medicine. The Kennedy family’s lives changed forever.

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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. Patients in the U.S.

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IHE whitepaper on Health Information Exchange models

Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

One of the most significant applications of healthcare information technology is the exchange of health information among disparate clinical information systems and otherwise unaffiliated care providers. The Health Information Exchange model presented is an Infrastructure, it is not constraining the content.

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eHealth Exchange is Promoting Health Record Sharing, Past and Future

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2025

Currently, all notifiable conditions (an instance of a communicable illnesses) go through eHealth Exchange electronically, but we are working to further role out case investigations to allow public health agencies to query for additional information when they receive a notification rather that using old-fashioned phone calls or faxes.

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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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TikTok: doctors and nurses are the most popular professions

Digital Health Global

JULY 3, 2023

In short, people flock to TikTok for health information, a trend that is not new. A study released earlier this year by Hall & Partner found that Gen Z and millennials are increasingly turning to TikTok for health advice and information instead of consulting their doctors. It also revealed that 18% of the U.S.

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Telehealth is biggest threat to healthcare cybersecurity, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Although a new report suggests that the healthcare industry slightly improved its security posture this year compared to last, it warns that increased provider reliance on telehealth since the COVID-19 pandemic now presents a new slate of risks to patient data. WHY IT MATTERS. "However.

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Secure Your Healthcare Organization with Better Cyber Resilience

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For healthcare organizations, this is critical to prevent interruptions to patient care or breaches of sensitive health information. Each connected device—from medical IoT (Internet of Things) equipment to the smartphones doctors and nurses use—can serve as a weak spot for cyber criminals to breach organizations’ servers.

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Consumer Trust, Privacy and Healthcare – Considering #HIMSS18 in the Stark Light of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2018

We who work in healthcare must pose the questions: going forward, how trusting will patients, consumers and caregivers be sharing their personal health information (PHI)? Health information breaches are more highly valued by cyber-attackers as they are worth more than, say, consumers’ bank account or credit card identities.

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The prominent issues telehealth must tackle when the pandemic passes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

What is at stake if this goes back to the way it was and physicians are bound to treat only patients physically present in the state in which they are licensed? There will be lost opportunities for patients to achieve the health outcomes they are motivated to or need to obtain.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. THE PROBLEM.

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Slide Presentation: Patient Data Sharing–NOT Hoarding–is the New Normal

E-CareManagement

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

In this presentation , we recap, update, and extend our rationale. This is the opening presentation of the AIN virtual conference: Health Data Unbound — Innovations in Health Data Sharing. Click here to view and/or download the presentation and speaker notes.

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Why Is So Much “Patient Experience” Effort Focused on Financial Experience?

Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

The first chart presents data from the research which the Times has been gathering over time, nationally, from patient reports and requests to hospitals. ” With that challenge comes the opportunity for health information technology developers to focus on patient financial experience (PFX). Here’s Why.

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HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Exploring cross-border collaboration in the Middle East

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Speakers will also be touching upon cross-border health policy implementation, and the challenges and facilitators that have contributed to successful collaboration between territories. The session will also present insight on potential cross-border opportunities for the future.

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AHRQ program seeks provider organizations to help improve hybrid telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and chief of health policy, quality and informatics program at the Houston VA Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety. " Singh: We currently are recruiting primary care, OB/GYN, community-based health and urgent care clinics for the program.

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Industry Voices—Next-generation HIEs: Providing measurable value in a network of networks

FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The proposed Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) certainly presents opportunities and change for HIE organizations.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

With perhaps half of behavioral health conditions going undiagnosed, better treatment for conditions such as depression, substance abuse disorder, and anxiety depends on integration with primary care, since that's typically where patients present first.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

We learned from Christakis and Fowler in their seminal research on social networks that we are profoundly Connected , as your behaviors impact my health, and mine impact yours. In the present moment, as coronavirus cases exceed 9 million people in the U.S., In the U.S.,

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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Nelson Advisors to peer review BMJ Digital Health & AI journal

Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

[link] About BMJ Digital Health & AI BMJ Digital Health & AIis a new open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the dissemination of the latest research, critical insights, and significant advancements in the fields of digital health and artificial intelligence in healthcare.

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Facebook (Meta) Sued Over Data Privacy Practices in Healthcare With Meta Pixel

Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 10, 2022

This allegedly allowed Facebook to receive Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, including doctors’ names and medical conditions. All of this information could be linked to the user’s unique IP address. The Markup ran tests on the top 100 hospital websites in the country and found the tool on nearly 33 percent of them.

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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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Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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Balancing risk management with scalable costs is 'table stakes' for security strategy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 17, 2022

Scott Pradels, CEO and cofounder of the virtual care platform Carium, sat down with Healthcare IT News to discuss the importance of effectively evaluating workflow process security and why he believes system-owned devices could present their own complications.

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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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Healthcare Under Siege: Proactive Strategies to Combat IoT and AI Vulnerabilities

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

From the Change Healthcare ransomware attack that exposed the personal and health information of over 100 million individuals to even one of the more recent attacks on Texas Tech University that leaked 2.1 While cloud adoption offers numerous advantages, it also presents new security challenges.

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Value-based healthcare – what it means for Thailand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

At its core, the aim is to develop a capable and interoperable health information system as well as digital health technologies to bring about value and improved standards of care. v) Health 2.0. Learn more about the HIMSS AsiaPac19 event here and those who are interested to speak or present at the event can sign up here.

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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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Advancing Healthcare Language Services and Leveraging Responsible AI

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 22, 2024

The integration of AI presents a delicate balance between the use of human oversight and the integration of AI technology. Consider how medically trained interpreters deal with Protected Health Information (PHI), maintain patient privacy, and uphold security standards.

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At #SPM2018, Ivan Handler (with @MightyCasey) Wants to Put the Care Back in Healthcare

Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In the segment of the SPM conference called “Data: I’ll Share Mine if you Share Yours,” you’ll find co-presenters who surely will spark conversation and debate. One of those presenters is Ivan Handler, principal of insightamation , and former CTO of the Illinois Governor’s Office of Health Information Technology.

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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Many practices rely on email for communication but this presents substantial risks to HIPAA compliance. First, email addresses are often mistyped, which can result in dangerous disclosures of protected health information (PHI).

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Getting the Patient Into the Office at Sun Life Health

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It allows us to present all the patient information to providers in an organized manner when the patient comes in for their visit. Significant Portal Adoption Sun Life Health has also capitalized on eClinicalWorks’ portal, with around 80% of patients using it daily. Enter Healow Insights.

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AI innovator talks personalized treatment, telehealth enhancement and ethics

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2024

By analyzing medical images and patient data, AI algorithms can assist healthcare providers in diagnosing diseases more accurately and quickly, even when they are not physically present with the patient. This is particularly useful in specialties like radiology and pathology, where AI can augment the expertise of medical professionals.

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#SPM2018 speaker preview – Brennen Hodge: “Health is the New Wealth”

Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Brennen has openly dedicated the next 30 years of his life to transforming healthcare as we know it to a decentralized health and wellness marketplace. Citizen Health provides incentives for wellness through the Humantiv app. Brennen will be presenting during the “Data: I’ll Share Mine If You Share Your” portion of the SPM conference.

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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. Apple’s health applications are creating a weird third space for health information. Where will these studies live and how will Apple information be integrated with our current systems. EHRs are not prepared.

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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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Banner Health’s Automated ROI Process Benefits Patients, Call Center Agents and HIM Dept

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Banner Health , a nonprofit health system with 30 hospitals headquartered in Phoenix Arizona, presented their transformed ROI process, alongside their partner MRO , at the AHIMA23 conference. Through their own journey, the Banner Health team found that these questions helped to ground them in the WHY of their initiative.

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