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How to protect telemedicine from cyberattacks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When it comes to targets in healthcare that criminals want to hit with a cyberattack, a telemedicine consultation might not immediately come to mind. Healthcare IT News sat down with Pappas to discuss these and other topics at the intersection of telemedicine and cybersecurity. But in fact, telehealth is a ripe arena for cyberattacks.

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How to get clinicians more comfortable with delivering telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While there were certainly many clinicians performing telemedicine before COVID-19 struck in early 2020, the pandemic foisted telehealth on countless numbers of additional physicians and nurses, forcing them to get up to speed and feel comfortable with the technology. Please elaborate.

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How To Prepare Your Healthcare Center For Telemedicine

Electronic Health Reporter

The COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically transforming the healthcare sector and how professionals gather medical intelligence. The article How To Prepare Your Healthcare Center For Telemedicine appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Almost every physician worldwide […].

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

As health care grows more omnichannel and distributed, cybersecurity will become more challenging at the point-of-care and a big risk for health care providers under current HIPAA regulations.

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The growing practice of prescribing medical devices via telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There are all kinds of specialist services provided by telemedicine – telepsychiatry, teleradiology, tele-ICU, just to name a few. But there's a unique telemedicine service that has been growing that merits attention: medical device prescriptions via virtual care.

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How to navigate the risks of remote patient monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

However, the risks that go hand in hand with this innovative telemedicine approach could lead to data breaches, lawsuits (resulting from device malfunctions, missed readings or delays in critical alerts), and critical financial losses. So how can provider organizations successfully adopt RPM without being exposed to these and other risks?

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New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. Initially, we had many concerns about the adequacy of the HIE’s security controls, such as how to prevent unauthorized access to patient records or detect and prevent data breaches – all of which could adversely affect patient care and operations.

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