Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. THE PROBLEM. " Brandy Armstrong, RN, CarDon & Associates. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

" Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners. "When you introduce rapid change, that potential goes up rapidly," he said. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2020

“In mid-March 2020, it became quite apparent that VIM was going to need to pause in-person visits to the Bend clinic,” said Jennifer Fuller, RN, clinic nurse manager at Volunteers in Medicine’s Clinic of the Cascades. With InfoStructure technology the nurses were able to use a mobile app called SNAPmobile.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

Logistics and operations addresses information processing, sharing, analyzing, and management — requiring interoperability and data liquidity, along with “nutritious” AI underpinning the analyses to ensure health equity-by-design.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Many personal information flows don’t fall under the HIPAA umbrella if the company isn’t a business associate. This gets to transparency, regarding how these companies communicate privacy policies to users; and, for health care, this speaks to patients’ concerns about their healthcare privacy.

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Digital Health Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A new article in JAMIA details the first six months of usage and cost metrics for NYU’s HIPAA-compliant version of ChatGPT 3.5 NYU Langone Health just lifted the curtain on its recent ChatGPT experiment , publishing an impressively candid look at all of the real-world data from its system-wide roll out.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

To facilitate the patient sessions, the center set up a couple of rooms with televisions, computers, webcams and so forth to conduct HIPAA-compliant Zoom and Vee-See sessions with the newly contracted physicians. This setup has worked well for the mental health center over the last few years. To read this special report, click here.

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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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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Therefore, most consumers a very satisfied with the healthcare information they receive from nurses, eye doctors, pharmacists, dentists, nurse practitioners, doctors, and dietitians. Four in five people seeking healthcare information online in social media are concerned about the accuracy of that information served up. Not so much.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative , issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memorial Hermann Health System. “It

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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. This allowed providers and staff to call into COVID-19 rooms from the nursing station. Also, WebEx facilitated HIPAA-compliant video chats with more than two attendees. Visitors are not allowed in the hospital.).

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2024

Subsequent statements and social media posts, summarized nicely here by Brendan Keeler, indicate the shut-off occurred in response to Particle Health users requesting data without having a legitimate Treatment use case as defined by HIPAA. Product News Virtual nursing vendor AvaSure updated its analytics platform with Microsoft PowerBI tools.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said. As an example, a Medicare Wellness nurse may be visiting with a patient and I am able to drop in for a few minutes, making it an all-encompassing visit in just one call.”

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TheraNest

JULY 23, 2019

How to Stay HIPAA Compliant in the World of Social Media. While health companies need to take great pains to make sure they are in HIPAA compliance, which includes all the cyber and physical security mandates, one thing commonly overlooked is social media security. Common HIPAA violations pertaining to social media.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Many complaints stem from “pre-conditions” on access to information that aren’t required under the HIPAA Privacy Rule or any other laws. Sales and Company News Florida-based Lee Health selected Caregility to help expand its virtual nursing program.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2024

It's fully HIPAA-compliant, ensuring patient privacy, and is built on a user-friendly platform developed in partnership with Healow. Now, as we move forward post-pandemic, patients are expecting even more convenience and flexibility in how they access care. We are also bringing back the house call.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Overall, 75% of consumers trust medical doctors, and 69% trust nurse practitioners and physician assistants. “Privacy” is mentioned over 500 times in the document; “HIPAA,” well over 300. But when technology is introduced to this relationship between patients and providers, there’s a decline in trust.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

NurseTok” is a specific category of videos on the app; a preexisting niche providing a way for nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide tailored content to an already invested audience. Aglieco Alexandra is a certified family nurse practitioner specializing in primary care, infectious disease, and addiction medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“This acceleration also was made available by the opportunities to be reimbursed for telemedicine-related services and relaxed CMS guidelines that waived penalties for HIPAA violations against healthcare providers that serve patients in good faith through everyday communications technologies.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In early March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of skilled nursing facilities restricted access to residents. “With regard to patient care, Executive Mental Health primarily provides mental health care to skilled nursing facility residents, and that care was abruptly cut off,” said Dr. Ari D. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

What if the computer on wheels (COW) that nurses roll over to the patient’s room to track vitals, administer the medicines, and record their observations can’t connect to the network? What if the public address systems used to seek emergency codes go down, and a physician or nurse is immediately required? So, HIPAA may not apply.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 29, 2023

According to the US Department of Human Services (HHS), healthcare professionals can share HIPAA-protected health information (HIPAA PHI) with one another without written content in several circumstances. This article will give several examples of the circumstances under which HIPAA PHI can be shared, and review reasonable safeguards.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

.” Molly and I covered a lot of ground here , starting with the key forces shaping and accelerating virtual care across the continuum.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Artisight platform, which was developed by clinicians for clinicians, marries IoT sensors with deep learning and open integration standards to streamline safe patient care, including virtual nursing. “With nearly 200 more hospitals undergoing implementation, it was clear we needed to grow to support our emerging client base.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2022

Specifically, the bill would amend HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act to allow employees to receive this benefit, maintaining that any standalone telehealth service would remain separate from traditional health plans, rather than as a replacement. The full text of the act can be read here.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The website providing a guide to the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) asks the pertinent question: is using WhatsApp in a professional setting by healthcare workers compliant with the law? But could all that be getting out in the wild if professionals exchanged it via WhatsApp?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2019

Medicine Delivery – medication will be delivered to patients with absolute data security as Samitivej adheres to the data protection standards mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Samitivej Virtual Hospital will be available from April 1, 2019, with services on offer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

But will HIPAA protect American patients in this world of AI, Big Data velocity and volume, and persistent social check-ins? Deven and Vince will teach me more on this evolving challenge that touches all of us.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 20, 2022

On Friday, July 15, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its 18th round of sanctions for HIPAA Right of Access violations. In each case, to settle a potential violation of HIPAA, the providers agreed to pay OCR fines and enter into corrective action plans. paper, CD, USB).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2022

"Utilizing a Chromebook and HIPAA-compliant communications platform such as Zoom or Google Meets, team members can reach a Hackensack Meridian Health psychiatrist who can diagnose, prescribe and provide recommendations on next steps for patients. FCC funds for telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Healthcare IT Today caught up with Bobbi Weber, VP of Product Marketing & Customer Success at QliqSOFT , a company that provides HIPAA-compliant, real-time communication between doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients. QliqSOFT is making it easier to get this important information while maintaining dignity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Over the course of a weekend, staff created a workflow through HIPAA-compliant Zoom so that providers could carry out appointments via videoconferencing. “Using Zoom, we were able to conduct HIPAA-compliant telehealth appointments during the first months of the pandemic,” said Ann Tucker, CEO of Portland Community Health Center.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

" The patient is trained on use of the blood pressure device by a nurse before discharge from the hospital. The nurse records blood pressure on both the home monitoring device and the hospital device to confirm accuracy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

As integrated, ChatGPT, an AI-powered conversational platform, is used to enhance the caregiving experience for nurses and residents. integrates ChatGPT into its care app. " When linked with ChatGPT's input layer, pertinent context is provided, enabling faster and more accurate issue identification."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

What elements of cancer care can physicians and nurses tend to with telemedicine along the cancer care journey? So, suppose your nurse or physician is with another patient. How can integrating electronic-reported outcomes with the electronic health record help the whole cancer care virtual care effort?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2020

Recent allowances made by the HHS Office for Civil rights, which said it won't impose penalties on providers who use non-HIPAA-compliant consumer platforms such as FaceTime, Facebook Messenger or Skype, were game-changers for many small practices and outpatient providers, enabling them to connect with patients quickly and easily.

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