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Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don’t

Healthcare IT Today

Regulations now require primary care doctors be notified if their patients have an ED visit or are admitted to a hospital. Far too often the primary care doctor never learns about these health issues that are addressed at hospitals. It’s basically HIPAA secure email for doctors.

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Google Care Studio and Google Bard: Google's best chance to impact healthcare?

Lloyd Price

Care Studio is designed to be easy to use and can be customized to meet the specific needs of each clinic or hospital. It is also HIPAA compliant, so clinicians can be confident that their patients' data is secure. This can lead to lower costs for hospitals and insurers.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

Mateusz Krempa, COO at Piwik Pro Broader reflection and discussion on HIPAA-compliant technologies would help the industry see beyond popular solutions and identify tools that balance successful data processing with regulatory requirements. The following is what they had to share with us. advertising platforms).

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NYU Langone Health used its FCC grant to expand Epic-linked telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine is not only cost-effective for both the patient and the hospital, it also can reduce the risk of exposure to disease for all parties, especially during a pandemic. The organization has offered services such as virtual urgent care, telepsychiatry and virtual post-op appointments for several years to meet the needs of patients.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

As healthcare systems and providers modernize (or build) their technology stacks, it will be more important than ever to prioritize privacy and to understand new regulations at the state level, from HIPAA, and from the FTC. Lastly, organizations should continue focusing on the Price Transparency Rule.

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Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Vaccination: Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination can reduce the risk of exacerbations and hospitalization. Oxygen therapy: This treatment is used when the oxygen level in your blood is low.

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