Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Under HIPAA compliance, healthcare organizations must ensure that all communications, including fax, are secure and meet stringent standards. By modernizing these systems with cloud-based solutions, healthcare organizations can find a balance between HIPAA compliance and operational efficiency.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 and will ask Congress for new laws and resources to increase civil money penalties for HIPAA violations, increase HIPAA enforcement, and conduct proactive audits.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2024

No doubt it’s the biggest risk to a healthcare organization and the attackers only need a slight opening in your security defenses to wreak havoc. Plus, healthcare has up to $1.5 Million in HIPAA fines. It’s true that secondary devices are expensive and have their own logistical challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2025

Sponsor: RingCentral Primary topic: Telehealth Topic: Cloud Computing Telehealth Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: RingCentral Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Cloud computing Patient Access Emerging Technologies Short Headline: Let us guide you to HIPAA compliance Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Are there standardized protocols for data collection that ensure compliance with regulations such as HIPAA? As healthcare leaders integrate advanced AI solutions within their enterprise, ensuring data integrity from the outset is a critical step in successful AI implementation.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

All practices must comply with HIPAA, as well as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Technology plays a crucial role in HIPAA-compliant communication for behavioral health. Embracing Secure EHR Software and Patient Portal Effective EHR software helps ensure HIPAA-compliant interactions.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Loyal, I’m told by Sharma, created one of first HIPAA-compliant chatbots. Loyal respects HIPAA with two major design choices. But when strict privacy requirements control what can appear in the output, machine learning methods have to change. Loyal also tracks patient responses and suggests new topics to the clinician.

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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) ? We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights into this question and the following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 12, 2025

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, well be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why theyre important to the healthcare IT community. Todays Opportunities for AI Agents in Healthcare. Read more… The Limits of HIPAA Auditing – and What Needs to Change.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Yet, privacy laws and a fragmented market have kept the healthcare industry from reaping generative AI’s full potential — until now. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

Pritts noted that HIPAA is quite broad – but it doesn't apply to the entirety of health IoT. A diabetes monitor prescribed by a doctor is covered by HIPAA, she explained, but an online therapist who is not associated with your health plan or provider, and who only takes credit cards, is not. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2024

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? It’s more than just completing your annual HIPAA assessment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced on Tuesday that during the coronavirus pandemic it will use discretion when enforcing HIPAA-compliance for telehealth communications tools. " Wherever possible, providers should use telehealth tools from vendors that are HIPAA compliant and will enter into business-associate agreements, said OCR.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

To talk more about the regulatory considerations for implementing these emerging technologies, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights. This is what they had to say on this topic. However, as the potential benefits of these expand, so do mounting concerns regarding regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Keragon , an AI-powered HIPAA-compliant automation platform for healthcare, has raised $7.5 This is just one example of how Keragon is transforming healthcare operations for small-to-medium practices through HIPAA-compliant automations. million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. Plus, their support is next-level.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 13, 2023

Like many technology companies and healthcare providers , between October 2019 to January 2023 Cerebral used pixel tracking technologies, according to the company's Notice of HIPAA Privacy Breach. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. All healthcare entities should review their policies and procedures and educate their staff to better ensure their information-blocking compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

Let’s look at four ways AIOps can help fulfill the potential of AI in healthcare: Complete Visibility Into the IT Environment Modern healthcare organizations have highly complicated technology stacks, encompassing networks, databases, applications, medical devices, connected sensors, and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back? In search of answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas they would add, remove, or update regulations. The following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Cerebral’s investigation concluded that the data might be considered protected health information and that it had failed to make sure that these third parties met HIPAA requirements for protecting PHI. Its leaders found that the tracking technology used to mine user data had disclosed information to third parties and subcontractors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We start off our interview with asking Weitnauer about what’s required to reconcile the competing requirements of government regulations (CURES Act, Interoperability Regulations, HIPAA, etc). Plus, they’re changing all the time. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2024

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

State laws and policies should also define consumer health data with the uniform language defined as protected health information under HIPAA, the group said in its announcement this week. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2025

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, well be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why theyre important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… A Look at Changes in the New HIPAA Security Rule. Read more… 2025 Predictions: The Healthcare Workforce.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As the senators noted in press statements, at more than 25 years old, HIPAA covers patient-doctor interactions but does not typically protect health data patients record on those tools – potentially putting the information at risk. "HIPAA must be updated for the modern day. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2020

" However, he cautioned, the relaxation of HIPAA enforcement around telehealth tools "is intended to be time-limited." " "I wouldn't suggest a small practice try and build out a business plan" on non-HIPAA-compliant software, he said. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Clinicians create a virtual mental health appointment using Zoom's secure, HIPAA-compliant video technology, share that link with the patient and launch the online meeting directly from the Osmind patient app. "As clinicians, we have a professional obligation to only use telehealth platforms that are HIPAA-compliant," she added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

"The ability to provide our patients with a telehealth platform that enables HIPAA compliance while in the encounter fully transformed our telemedicine service," said Deb Twardowski, a board-certified advanced nurse practitioner with Western Medical Associates. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2022

"Healthcare has been slow to adopt the connectivity that is so prevalent and innovative in other industries," said Iain Scholnick, CEO of Braidio. "The flow of patient information needs to be completely secure and HIPAA-compliant in order to ensure that doctors can give the best recommendations and provide the best care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

"Additionally, patient privacy is of the utmost importance to Gerald Champion, so we knew our team needed a HIPAA-compliant solution for our providers and patient population." Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Michael Blum, Founder and CEO at BeeKeeperAI In an era where modifying a single DNA sequence can cure disabling diseases and a retinal scan can reveal important, unappreciated chronic diseases, the three-decade-old practice of data de-identification has become healthcare’s equivalent of using a paper lock in a digital world.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because theres so much happening out there in healthcare IT we arent able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure youre informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 8, 2025

Lack of Regulatory Compliance Healthcare organizations have to stick to tough legal standards, such as HIPAA in the U.S., To ensure that virtual healthcare appointments remain secure and patient data is protected, several key steps must be taken by both healthcare providers and patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2020

He noted the moves by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reimburse providers for services and allow telehealth care between states , and the relaxed HIPAA regulations around technology use , as important contributors to the uptick in telehealth availability. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2021

"It's unclear when those waivers will go away, and it's unclear what will be permanent and what won't be," said Heather Alleva, leading health systems and hospitals attorney at Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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