Doctor social network Doximity adds new telehealth features
Mobi Health News
APRIL 20, 2021
The Dialer is HIPAA-compliant and doesn’t require any additional setup on the patient side.
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
MARCH 19, 2020
For the past two days, it’s apparent that the seemingly forever slow growth of telehealth adoption has entered a new, “When can I have that? But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. You’re ready for telehealth, having used Skype.
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Clocktree partners with NAADAC to provide telehealth platform to addiction counselors
Clocktree
MARCH 22, 2019
We are very excited about our partnership with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, extending Clocktree’s affordable HIPAA compliant telehealth platform to more than 100,000 addiction counselors and educators worldwide. We are proud to join Clocktree in this new frontier of telehealth.”.
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HIPAA Penalties Suspended for Telehealth During Covid-19 National Emergency
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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OCR will ease restrictions on telehealth tech during COVID-19
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. WHY IT MATTERS. and Google G Suite Hangouts Meet. and Google G Suite Hangouts Meet. THE LARGER TREND.
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HHS puts out new notice on audio-only telehealth and HIPAA
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 15, 2022
Department of Health and Human Services has issued new guidance describing how HIPAA covered entities can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.
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HIPAA Compliant – Telehealth Features Series
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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Here's how smaller practices can prepare for continuing telehealth demands
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 29, 2020
Historically, they've faced a lack of resources, a lack of strategic decision-making, a lack of time and attention to devote to telehealth, and a lack of reimbursement opportunities, said Lacktman. Such centers acted as the "backbone of early growth of telehealth in the country," he said.
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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem
Health Populi
JULY 24, 2023
The retail health landscape continues to grow, now with GNC Health offering a new program featuring telehealth and “curated set” of 40+ generic prescription drugs commonly used in urgent care settings. GNC has been partnering with PursueCare for their telehealth provider network. for one year’s membership. .
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What sort of staying power does telehealth really have?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 15, 2020
This past week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma said she "can't imagine going back" to making beneficiaries return to in-person visits after the agency's relaxation of telehealth regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Telehealth's post-COVID challenge: integrating in-person care
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 3, 2020
Patient and provider telehealth use has skyrocketed since the novel coronavirus began spreading across the United States – and analysts point to a " tsunami of growth " as virtual care, after years of frustrated promise, becomes the new normal. Telehealth in the long term.
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One physician's perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 16, 2021
Telehealth An occupational medicine physician offered his patients a poll with a single question. The world has turned upside down and, ironically, I am one of the providers who utilizes telehealth the most in my large organization. I estimate about 90% of my visits were telehealth visits during the first four months of the pandemic.
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Telehealth Platforms Are Moving Telepsychiatry Forward
Clocktree
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Telehealth allows for all types of people to connect from nearly anywhere anytime and receive the accommodations they need. Everyday more and more psychiatrists and healthcare providers are joining the telehealth sector. Clocktree is a great platform for mental health providers and is 100% HIPAA compliant.
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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health
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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Epic launches new telehealth service with Twilio
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 1, 2020
Epic Systems has tapped San Francisco-based communications tech startup Twilio to provide the video-communication backend for Epic’s new telehealth platform. Twilio also noted that it supports HIPAA-eligible workflows on Twilio SMS, voice, SIP and video-communication channels. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.
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Behavioral health clinic uses telehealth to expand its reach to vulnerable patients
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 26, 2020
In order to provide needed services in rural communities where professional behavioral health services are virtually unavailable, Bridge needed to provide services via telehealth. Bridge evaluated a few HIPAA-compliant telehealth programs and Zoom’s was determined the best and most cost-effective for the agency’s purposes.
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Using Zoom with Epic to bring telehealth to kids during COVID-19
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 14, 2020
Kennedy Krieger has had a small behavioral-telehealth program for military families for four years. The Center for Autism and Related Disorders program has provided limited telehealth services. We primarily use a HIPAA-compliant Zoom system along with our Epic EHR to conduct our telehealth operations,” she said.
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Telehealth may worsen digital divide for people with disabilities
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Much has been made of telehealth's potential to bridge the accessibility gap for those who may be otherwise underserved by the healthcare systems. "There remains a pressing need to explicitly consider how changes in the prevalence and ubiquity of telehealth impact people with disabilities," wrote the authors. in October.
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Athenahealth launches new EHR-embedded telehealth tool
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 11, 2020
Athenahealth announced this week that it had launched an embedded telehealth tool to allow practitioners to conduct virtual visits without having to download separate software or use another third-party app. " WHY IT MATTERS.
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The prominent issues telehealth must tackle when the pandemic passes
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 25, 2021
At the start of the pandemic, emergency declarations and insurer policies encouraged the shift to telehealth. Telehealth usage has skyrocketed, often leading patients to grow accustomed to relying on virtual care for its convenience and cost-efficiency. Now, as states across the U.S. Please elaborate.
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Now is the time for providers to be proactive about telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 15, 2021
You've probably heard this one before: A major contributor to the telehealth explosion over the last year has been the decision to waive various restrictions on virtual care. But the future of those regulations remains murky – and with it, the continued widespread availability of telehealth.
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Telehealth working ‘beyond our wildest dreams’ at Chicago’s Rush
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Prior to the pandemic, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, had been using Adobe Media Server integrated with its Epic electronic health record for telehealth video visits. “There was only one practical option: Rapid implementation of HIPAA-compliant telemedicine workflows,” Truesdell said. THE PROBLEM.
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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 22, 2022
She contends that telehealth is far more than a pandemic trend. In a discussion with Healthcare IT News , Fobare spells out the role telemedicine has grown to play during the pandemic, where healthcare goes with telehealth, how change may affect physicians and what virtual care might look like 10 years from now.
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Telehealth privacy and security: Investment and education are key, attorney says
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 25, 2020
The size, scope and rapidity of new telehealth and remote patient-monitoring rollouts since the onset of the coronavirus crisis has been remarkable. But if telehealth is relatively easy to roll out and scale up, keeping the massive amounts of structured and unstructured data it generates is something more of a challenge.
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Progressive Therapeutics allays telehealth security concerns with EHR integration
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 19, 2021
The practice was an early adopter of telehealth back in 2010, implementing it as a way to care for people unable to attend in-person sessions. Nor was it HIPAA-compliant, a major concern. "But security can't be an afterthought in healthcare, even with telehealth." THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.
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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption
Health Populi
JANUARY 28, 2020
Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. “HIPAA, as passed in 1996 and amended in 2009 through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, defines privacy through a sectoral lens. legislators can get on the same privacy page.
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Senators call for CMS to provide plan for telehealth changes
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 2, 2020
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to provide a written plan for permanent changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program rules around telehealth. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.
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A HIPAA-Compliant Path to Efficiency and Relief with Telehealth
Electronic Health Reporter
MAY 17, 2024
Today, telehealth enables healthcare providers to expand access to medical […] The article A HIPAA-Compliant Path to Efficiency and Relief with Telehealth appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. We’ve come a long way since the University of Nebraska pioneered two-way video communication for telemedicine in 1959.
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FTC, OCR send warning letter to hospitals about online tracking pixels
Mobi Health News
JULY 21, 2023
The agencies contacted 130 health systems and telehealth providers by mail to emphasize the potential HIPAA risks of using Meta/Facebook pixel and Google Analytics tracking tools that may be "impermissibly disclosing" protected health information.
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iPads for telehealth can help reduce depression in patients
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
" Heritage Clinic uses the Doxy.me, Zoom and Microsoft Teams video conferencing systems to facilitate telehealth. "In the beginning of the pandemic, we also used FaceTime and Duo under the HIPAA waiver," East recalled. It uses GrandPads and iPads for hardware. To read this special report, click here.
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Taskforce on Telehealth Policy releases final report on safeguarding virtual care
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy released a final report on Tuesday outlining its findings and recommendations around safeguarding the future of telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic. As the report notes, the COVID-19 crisis acted as a catalyst to transform telehealth from a niche passion to an in-demand modality.
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Virtual behavioral care platform Forefront Telecare closes Series A round, hires new CEO
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 14, 2019
The funding, an undisclosed sum, will be used for growing the company's telepsychiatry network and developing HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms.
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Using HIPAA compliant software is a must in the post-pandemic world
Clocktree
MAY 26, 2021
We’ve all witnessed the boom in telehealth over the last year. While some in-person visits are safe now, many clients like the convenience of telehealth and wish to keep video visits as an option. At the onset of the pandemic, HIPAA compliance requirements for telehealth were relaxed. How Clocktree safeguards your data.
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Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 3, 2020
The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform. ” Phase One was mobilization, ramping up telehealth services quickly to meet patient and family needs. “Fred” Thomas, director of telehealth services at Children’s Hospital Colorado. " John F.
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How one physician practice was transformed by EHR-embedded telehealth
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. ” Initially, Miller used temporarily approved telehealth-modalities that were allowed due to COVID-19, and found that many of the setups were cumbersome for both the patient and the provider.
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At one practice, more clients keep telehealth appointments than in-person ones
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Telehealth has helped achieve that goal. “Telehealth provides a convenient and completely safe interaction for both the counselor and the client,” said Derrick Sledge, a licensed professional counselor at Christian Counseling Associates. The vendor also offers integrated telehealth within the system. THE PROBLEM.
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Many children respond better to therapists on a telehealth screen than face to face
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 21, 2020
" When COVID-19 hit, telehealth suddenly went from a goal to a necessity, she explained. Azalea Health is a health IT vendor that offers an EHR and telehealth tech, and is offering clients free telehealth services for one year to fight the pandemic. At that point, adopting this telehealth solution became the obvious answer."
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TriHealth switches to Zoom for pandemic, sees 3,650% increase in telehealth use
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
TriHealth providers preferred EHR integration, as it alleviates the operational burden for front office staff and healthcare providers conducting telehealth services. "During the peak of the pandemic, primary care telehealth visits accounted for more than 50% of our volume." The second component was scalability. MARKETPLACE.
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Some Telehealth Platforms Are Tracking Sensitive Patient Data: Are They Violating HIPAA?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JANUARY 4, 2023
According to a recent study by MarkUp and STAT, 49 out of 50 telehealth platforms share sensitive data in ways that may harm healthcare clients and patients. Key aspects of HIPAA that might be relevant include: HIPAA requires covered entities (e.g., They may or may not be governed by HIPAA. Clash of the Titans?
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What is needed for telehealth's next big steps forward
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 2, 2021
He believes this is just the beginning for telehealth and that this style of healthcare delivery will only accelerate in growth and evolve in the years ahead. How will this affect healthcare delivery and the future of telehealth? Telehealth was disproportionately impacted as a technology. Why is it any different for telehealth?
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Bipartisan legislation would broaden telehealth benefits for employees
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 31, 2022
The proposed Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would enable job creators to offer standalone telehealth service programs – not unlike dental and vision plans – in addition to existing health insurance plans. There's been no shortage of telehealth-related activity on Capitol Hill this past year.
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Osmind EHR integrates Zoom for psychiatry telehealth
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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How to protect telemedicine from cyberattacks
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
But in fact, telehealth is a ripe arena for cyberattacks. Healthcare providers should adopt a proactive cybersecurity stance, ensuring both patient trust and compliance with industry standards like HIPAA and HITRUST, said George Pappas, CEO of Intraprise Health, a cybersecurity company recently acquired by Health Catalyst.
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Telehealth ICU tech helps Geisinger quickly expand capacity and enhance care
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Geisinger already was using a telehealth ICU system from vendor Caregility and in-room AV equipment in its ICUs. “The Caregility technology offered a HIPAA-compliant, two-way, audio/video solution,” said Tracey Kopenhaver, RN, eICU and cardiac ICU operations manager at Geisinger.
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