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. Pino, in a statement.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed. Up to now, HIPAA-compliant data security and generative AI haven’t gone hand-in-hand as AI is trained on large datasets centrally and often by third parties.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 4, 2023

Responsible clinicians are likely to ask whether sharing protected health information (PHI) by telehealth companies equates to violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Key aspects of HIPAA that might be relevant include: HIPAA requires covered entities (e.g., Clash of the Titans?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Using cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies on healthcare websites raises concerns about protecting personal health information and compliance with HIPAA. HIPAA is a federal law that sets forth requirements for covered entities, including healthcare providers, health plans, and business associates.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 7, 2023

If you, as a behavioral health professional, violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), you must follow certain obligations and procedures to rectify the situation. Below then, is a suggested list of steps for a practitioner who wonders, “What Happens if you violate HIPAA?”

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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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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 5, 2019

Amazon announced Thursday that its voice assistant technology Alexa now has medical skills that are HIPAA-compliant, signaling the company's ongoing push into healthcare technology.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Working together, Hint and Dock share a mission to deliver relief to care teams from unnecessary administrative burden, inefficient processes, and the lack of collaboration tools that healthcare needs – powering the direct care industry. Michael Docktor, CEO and co-founder of Dock Health. “I

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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. It is unclear whether patients without access to broadband , smartphones or other webcams can also seek care through athenaTelehealth.

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VSee

MARCH 22, 2019

Special thanks today for our guest post on HIPAA compliance by Alex Mitchell — cybersecurity enthusiast, WordPress guru, and data-safety tools tester with over 10 years experience. Who Must Comply With HIPAA If you’re not familiar with HIPAA it stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

HIPAA Compliant Video Conferencing Telehealth is growing rapidly as more healthcare providers are choosing to treat patients virtually. Utilizing video conferencing tools allows providers to treat patients that they would normally be unable to treat due to their geographic location. … Read more.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

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. Its leaders found that the tracking technology used to mine user data had disclosed information to third parties and subcontractors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Two health systems have become the latest healthcare organizations to name a web tracking tool created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as responsible for their data breach. This comes as the social media giant faces a growing number of lawsuits alleging that the tool improperly collects and sells sensitive patient health information.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 20, 2024

However, legal privacy experts say the update is unlikely to alter an industry lawsuit to overturn the policy as HIPAA-covered entities would have "to guess" whether it applies to individual visitors.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. Keeping PHI secure is the main goal of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA protects patients by limiting who can access PHI, when they can access it, and how they use it.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals Online appointment scheduling tools are a convenient way for patients to book appointments. The post HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals Online appointment scheduling tools are a convenient way for patients to book appointments. The post HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Would Your Organization Pass a HIPAA Quiz? When it comes to assessing your HIPAA compliance, tools exist to help you find out where your behavioral health practice stands. The post HIPAA Quiz appeared first on TBH Institute Blog. HHS has a free risk assessment toolkit that you can use, … Read more.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires healthcare organizations, including doctors, to maintain the privacy and security of patient data. A practical HIPAA compliance checklist is essential to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations. What Is HIPAA Compliance?

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. This week, Ken Mandl and Eric Perakslis co-wrote an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine on HIPAA and the “leak of ‘deidentified’ EHR data.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

" "I don't think healthcare really understands what true patient engagement is," said de Zwirek, whose company offers patient communication tools. By contrast, there are HIPAA-compliant ways to use texting to convey information to patients. "There is no single common standard.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 12, 2023

This article is focused on helping the busy clinician understand the demand for digital patient engagement tools to recruit and retain potential healthcare referrals or to retain existing clients and patients. What Are The Best Digital Patient Engagement Tools To Used for Digital Healthcare Marketing? Telepractice Marketing.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 29, 2024

Founded by Mint.com creator Aaron Patzer (@apatzer) and Emergency Physician Dr. Justin Schrager, Vital is a HIPAA-compliant cloud-based experience layer that integrates with any electronic health record system. For more information, please visit vital.io or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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TheraNest

AUGUST 19, 2019

Your clients need to feel a certain level of trust to benefit from your services, and a good part of this trust comes from knowing that the information they give you is safe and HIPAA compliant. . If any of these communications contain client information, then they should be secure and HIPAA compliant. But what does this mean exactly?

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The new HIPAA-compliant tool will be able to capture physician dictation or doctor-patient conversations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

"These tools have supported improvement in efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of patient care." Back at Geisinger, Fisne said another lesson they learned was how key collaborative IT tools can be, and how they easily could be used post-pandemic. " Collaborative IT.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Within the Osmind EHR, clinicians can access a suite of digital tools to meet high-patient demand, like progress monitoring and journaling tools. "As clinicians, we have a professional obligation to only use telehealth platforms that are HIPAA-compliant," she added. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 13, 2023

Like many technology companies and healthcare providers , between October 2019 to January 2023 Cerebral used pixel tracking technologies, according to the company's Notice of HIPAA Privacy Breach. It also is advising those affected to monitor credit statements and change Cerebral account passwords.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

Wearables and other remote patient monitoring tools have expanded patient care beyond the walls of brick-and-mortar clinics. Pritts noted that HIPAA is quite broad – but it doesn't apply to the entirety of health IoT. Fitness trackers, meanwhile, are a gray area.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Amazon Web Services is rolling out a new tool designed to make it simpler for healthcare organizations to work with their data. Amazon HealthLake, which AWS describes as “HIPAA-eligible,” was launched during Amazon’s annual re:Invent conference.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Cassidy in a Thursday letter that painted HHS' recent policy regarding the technologies as an overstep of HIPAA.

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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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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

MAY 19, 2021

" This has resulted in: saved time for Szotek's staff, who no longer have to tell the patient to download an app and show them how to set it up, a HIPAA-secure system that does not require separate log-ins, and a patient adoption rate of more than 90%, he stressed.

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