Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The hospital may be penalized for its HIPAA compliance based on the investigation caused by the alleged illegal activities of its rogue employees. Harvey allegedly received patient information from Kirby Dandridge, 38, Sylvia Taylor, 43, Kara Thompson, 30, Melanie Russell, 41, and Adrianna Taber, 26, who were all charged with violating HIPAA.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2020

Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the news that enforcement of HIPAA penalties around telehealth, patient communication, and remote communication technologies will be suspended during the Covid-19 National Emergency and will go into effect immediately.

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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 Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

For the 68th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Health IT Topics We Want to Stop and Start Talking About. It’s reasonable to say that we live, breathe, eat and sleep healthcare. It’s reasonable to say that we live, breathe, eat and sleep healthcare. Healthcare APIs. Price transparency.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2024

However, with GenAI exploding onto the scene creating a seemingly endless number of ways to harness this technology, healthcare leadership is grappling with the pressures to evaluate, adopt, and deploy solutions at pace to keep up with the market. Finally, a data-driven culture that prioritizes data literacy and staff training is key.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2020

Usually, HIPAA violations are part of the background noise of the healthcare business, and few are so large that they prove catastrophic for the entity involved. In the following case, however, a health system has incurred a fine that can’t be taken lightly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2020

"BioTelemetry’s leadership in the large and fast growing ambulatory cardiac diagnostics and monitoring market complements our leading position in the hospital. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. BioTelemetry says it monitors 1.2 Twitter: @kjercich.

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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

JUNE 25, 2020

In this Teleahealth Feature Series, we’re going to cover the long list of potential telehealth features available today. As you’re considering your own approach to telehealth, we hope to provide you a look at all the possible features telehealth companies are offering on the market.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Importance of Cybersecurity in Healthcare The healthcare sector is uniquely vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches. 2023 was a record year, with 114 data breaches of 100,000 or more records reported to The HIPAA Journal. Cybercriminals are drawn to healthcare data as bees are to honey.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2020

We wrote previously about HIPAA enforcement being suspended for telehealth during COVID-19 and more details on how to implement it. The good news is that HHS released a HIPAA and Telehealth FAQ that addresses some of those […]. Plus, we shared the expansion of Medicare coverage and payment for telehealth.

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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

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 News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

Bridge evaluated a few HIPAA-compliant telehealth programs and Zoom’s was determined the best and most cost-effective for the agency’s purposes. “Fortunately, HIPAA-compliant Zoom proved to be very simple to operate from both ends,” Robeck remarked. MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Omniscient Leadership Omniscient’s Co-Founder and CEO, Meade Monger, is a growth-focused business development leader with extensive expertise across technology, IT, business, and economics. Thijn holds a Master of Science and PhD in Applied Physics, providing a solid foundation for developing innovative, data-driven healthcare solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

” The only HIPAA-compliant vendor Upstate had immediate access to and currently was using was WebEx. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. Also, WebEx facilitated HIPAA-compliant video chats with more than two attendees. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community with the question – how is the integration of digital health tools, telemedicine, and mobile health applications contributing to the enhancement of population health management, and what challenges exist in ensuring equitable access to these technologies across diverse communities?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2023

"Zoom is continuing to invest in AI throughout our platform and taking a leadership stance in AI technology by being transparent that communications-like customer content will not be used to train Zoom’s AI models or its third-party artificial intelligence models," Mahesh Ram, head of AI applications at Zoom, said in the statement.

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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 Today

MARCH 18, 2025

For some help on how to do this, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to ask What challenges do healthcare organizations face when integrating AI into their existing IT infrastructure, and how can these be mitigated? The following are their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. Healthcare’s Perfect Storm: Five Cost-Saving Strategies. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles that were Published Prior to 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 20, 2020

For the 34th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Permanent Changes to Healthcare Because of COVID-19. Is anything in healthcare the same since COVID-19? Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the healthcare world has definitely been turned upside down thanks to COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 27, 2020

UPIC's services are HIPAA-compliant, Tucker said. UPIC will use a HIPAA-compliant electronic health record, and she said leadership does "spot checks" to ensure confidentiality among coaches providing care. "Healthcare is often siloed" between services, she continued. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Our platform meets the highest security standards and is fully HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, undergoing regular audits by independent auditors. We never store recordings, and users maintain full control over the duration that generated insights remain on the platform,said Martin.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Epic Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In the case of healthcare, one of the lines of thought has been as to whether or not team members not directly involved in patient care or support need to be located at facilities where it takes place. COVID-19 has caused a rethinking in how companies view office space and corporate real estate. Another thought […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

We reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them how can health information management professionals leverage emerging technologies, such as AI , to enhance data integrity and streamline processes? Today, we are going to focus on emerging technologies in regard to health information management.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2019

million to the HHS Office for Civil Rights to settle claims that it violated the HIPAA Breach Notification and Privacy rules. based Sentara Healthcare. […]. In yet another sign that the agency is taking a tougher enforcement stance, Sentara Hospitals has agreed to pay $2.2

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2024

This was a violation of HIPAA, but the doctors on both sides of the communication recognized it as crucial to patient care. With Backline, such transmissions can still continue, but they can be done in a HIPAA-compliant manner that doesn’t put the doctor or organization at risk. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A breach can be incredibly costly—according to the IBM/Ponemon Institute’s 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Study , the average cost of a healthcare data breach reached $10.93 The increasing complexity of healthcare IT systems has made them more vulnerable to cyber threats. million, almost double the average across other sectors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I lead a weekly meeting with the vendor and our IT leadership to review new specifications, review use data and assess the need for further device modifications – constantly trying to make these devices more user-friendly, using patient and provider feedback.” Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Everyone in healthcare likely knows the term PHI (Protected Health Information). Understanding what is considered PHI has been extremely important to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2020

A few months ago, we dipped into the various COVID-19 searches that were being done to find Healthcare IT Today and offered answers and commentary on what people were searching. We thought it would be fun to dip into the search engine traffic for another edition of Search Engine Q&A. Remember that these are searches […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

So what are these key skills and qualifications and how have they evolved with advancements in healthcare technology ? We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their thoughts and the following is what they had to say. Being academically strong greatly contributes to a healthcare leadership mindset.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2020

COVID-19 forced the healthcare industry to change how healthcare is delivered, with telehealth taking a front row seat. The following is a guest article by Diana Warner, MS, RHIA, CHPS, CPHI, FAHIMA, Director, Client Relations and Account Management at MRO.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

HIPAA includes a requirement for MINIMUM NECESSARY ACCESS. Everyone knows that HIPAA requires patient information to be kept private and not shared with friends, family members, or anyone else without the patient’s authorization. HIPAA requires that computer activity logs be reviewed to identify unauthorized or inappropriate access.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2022

Cyber security has become paramount for practitioners since HIPAA regulations came into law, especially in light of email […]. In the heyday of on-premises email systems, SEGs were the leading security methods to protect a company’s data and users from email attacks.

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