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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom. TEFCA like health information networks (HINs) bring non-HIPAA entities (no direct/indirect healthcare service operations) but at a large scale and with broader coverage.

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

Healthcare IT Today

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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AHIMA and AHCA Partner To Train Skilled Nursing Facilities In Coding Ahead of Upcoming Reimbursement Overhaul

Electronic Health Reporter

The article AHIMA and AHCA Partner To Train Skilled Nursing Facilities In Coding Ahead of Upcoming Reimbursement Overhaul appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare […].

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Featured Health IT Job: Health Information Technology Advisor

Healthcare IT Today

Today, we’re featuring the Health Information Technology Advisor position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Bachelor degree in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Computer Science, Computer Programming, or similar degree. Familiarity with health information systems.

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The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

Healthcare IT Today

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand. A typical radiology report contains a lot of medical jargon and data that can be misinterpreted easily by those without medical training.

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Featured Health IT Job: Chief Health Information Officer

Healthcare IT Today

Today, we’re featuring the Chief Health Information Officer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Additionally, we take immense pride in our role to train the upcoming generation of healthcare professionals. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers.