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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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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. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

eCareCompanion is a telehealth application that patients access on a secure tablet at home and use to share health information with their care team. With the tap of the screen, patients launch eCareCompanion, enter their password, and begin providing vital information to caregivers in a private and secure manner.

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Avizia CEO Mike Baird on Numbers Narrative Podcast

American Well

And on the security point, we recently interviewed Will Ackerly who’s the technical founder of a local company called Virtru, which secures digital communications on behalf of, you know, HIPAA Compliance or a host of other use cases as well. It’s huge for us. We have PHI on our servers, so we have to be very mindful of that.