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Telehealth, HIPAA compliance and innovation tracking

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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. The key phrase in this? So someone (you?)

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Amazon Clinic may delay its nationwide telehealth launch

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

They said customers who decline HIPAA consent on the website are prevented from completing their patient registration with Amazon Clinic and are redirected to a third-party provider information page.

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Costs, Consumerism, Cyber and Care, Everywhere – The 2019 Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

The tea leaves have been brewing here at THINK-Health as we prepared our 2019 forecast at the convergence of consumers, health, and technology. voters through 2019, and on the Presidential debate stages for both Democrats and Republicans leading up to the parties’ nominees for 2020.

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Here's how smaller practices can prepare for continuing telehealth demands

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Cerebral Admits HIPAA Breach, Reports Leak of Data On 3.1 Million Users

Healthcare IT Today

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. According to the letter, Cerebral has been using such technology since it began doing business on October 12, 2019.

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One physician's perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth An occupational medicine physician offered his patients a poll with a single question. Dr. Archie Adams Sometime in 2019, I was multi-tasking and racing between exam rooms amid a controlled chaos that defines an average day in my busy clinic. Our telehealth visits are all pre-scheduled utilizing a web-based application.

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Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation

Health Populi

Remote monitoring, the Internet of Things (both medical and via a smart home), wearables, and telehealth/virtual care channels will enable that care, anywhere, in this AHA/EY vision. 2019 will feature examples of all of these technologies and services. This week, Health 2.0 This is my lens as I enter this year’s annual Health 2.0