Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

While licensed professionals are required to comply with all applicable telehealth laws and regulations, telehealth informed consent (IC) is by far the most useful for protecting all parties from legal entanglements. Telehealth legal requirements follow the client. Why Bother With Informed Consent? CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGY BOARD.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

While licensed professionals are required to comply with all applicable telehealth laws and regulations, telehealth informed consent (IC) is by far the most useful for protecting all parties from legal entanglements. Telehealth legal requirements follow the client. Why Bother With Informed Consent? CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGY BOARD.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

The FTC’s BetterHelp news release outlines the ban, posts the official complaint, includes the proposed order detailing requirements for BetterHelp, and links to the concurring statement by Commission Christine S. Wilson issued a concurring statement. Commissioner Christine S.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 3, 2023

Growing importance of data privacy and security. Increasing regulatory attention to sensitive health data and the escalating rise of ransomware attacks has made data privacy and security more important than ever for medtech innovators. Women’s health and privacy concerns for medtech.

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TheraNest

JANUARY 15, 2019

As a therapist, your relationship with your clients has therapeutic, economic, and legal dimensions. Confidentiality is a legal construct which prevents the disclosure of the events of therapy. Confidentiality applies legally to information which people are exposed to firsthand, but also secondhand.

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TheraNest

JANUARY 15, 2019

As a therapist, your relationship with your clients has therapeutic, economic, and legal dimensions. Confidentiality is a legal construct which prevents the disclosure of the events of therapy. Confidentiality applies legally to information which people are exposed to firsthand, but also secondhand.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released another announcement about its BetterHelp investigation of privacy practices, outlining six recommendations for owners of telehealth services. The article below summarizes those recommendations and includes a related notice of updates to the Department of Justice (DOJ) privacy policy.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

HHS suspended the HIPAA rule that would require the distribution of a Notice of Privacy Practices at the time of service. This publication is designed to provide general information on pertinent legal topics. The statements made are provided for educational purposes only.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

HHS suspended the HIPAA rule that would require the distribution of a Notice of Privacy Practices at the time of service. This publication is designed to provide general information on pertinent legal topics. The statements made are provided for educational purposes only.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Collectively, these guidances cover a range of digital health issues, and it is worth reading FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s statement about them as well as each individual document: Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software (CDS and PDS) (Draft). Caveat emptor!).

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Providers wishing to practice telehealth in Idaho (and elsewhere) must beware the legal and practical requirements, including those set forth in statute or licensing board regulations. This publication is designed to provide general information on pertinent legal topics. The statements made are provided for educational purposes only.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Providers wishing to practice telehealth in Idaho (and elsewhere) must beware the legal and practical requirements, including those set forth in statute or licensing board regulations. This publication is designed to provide general information on pertinent legal topics. The statements made are provided for educational purposes only.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Collectively, these guidances cover a range of digital health issues, and it is worth reading FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s statement about them as well as each individual document: Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software (CDS and PDS) (Draft). Caveat emptor!).

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Collectively, these guidances cover a range of digital health issues, and it is worth reading FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s statement about them as well as each individual document: Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software (CDS and PDS) (Draft). Caveat emptor!).

Digital Health 60

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Collectively, these guidances cover a range of digital health issues, and it is worth reading FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s statement about them as well as each individual document: Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software (CDS and PDS) (Draft). Caveat emptor!).

Digital Health 60

Digital Health Healthcare Innovation Meaningful Use Primary Care 60

Health Blawg

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Collectively, these guidances cover a range of digital health issues, and it is worth reading FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s statement about them as well as each individual document: Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software (CDS and PDS) (Draft). Caveat emptor!).

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mHealth Insight

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The various ‘Lead generation’ businesses working to create demand for mental health services via free* addiction helplines (that are still legal in the UK!) “Privacy and security. “Privacy and security. are a classic example of this. “Interoperability and openness. . “ Internet first.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 23, 2023

Behavioral practitioners may benefit from knowing that side effects reported by the Mayo Clinic include the statement, “This medicine may cause some people to be agitated, irritable, or display other abnormal behaviors. When apps are involved, clinicians must be aware of how apps can legally share patient data with third parties.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 28, 2015

Privacy definition is far more than just 'confidentiality' or 'consent'. Defining Privacy Privacy is a very important Human Right, yet very hard to define. I am very encouraged by all the efforts in Healthcare on Privacy. The reason is that Privacy has multiple dimensions. Westin, Privacy and Freedom (1968).

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 16, 2020

This vector is critical to business concerns, and also critical to Privacy (e.g. From a Security/Privacy perspective, the fundamental difference between an EHR and a PHR with regards to authorization is that a PHR is accessing a patient record onbehalf of that patient, with the data accessible on that PHR only by that patient.

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Mend

JULY 8, 2021

Telemedicine software must protect patient privacy. Review their mission statement and hear what real customers have to say. Processes like updating care protocols and legal review may also come at a cost. The US government was not strict in enforcing HIPAA compliance for telemedicine during COVID-19.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 17, 2023

The company also faced scrutiny from privacy advocates and patient advocacy groups, who raised concerns about the potential for misuse of patient data collected by the sensors. In addition to these operational changes, DarioHealth has also faced several legal challenges in recent years.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 26, 2023

Understanding California laws including California telemedicine laws will go a long way to meeting telehealth legal requirements regardless of where, or what you practice. The wise clinician will want to take the lead offered by California to include this and several other basic but essential legal protections. In a word, no.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Understanding California laws, including California telemedicine laws, will go a long way to meeting telehealth legal requirements regardless of where or what you practice. The wise clinician will want to take the lead offered by California to include this and several other basic but essential legal protections. In a word, no.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2023

Following up on its February 27 statement opposing the U.S. DEA’s ability to identify providers operating legally and appropriately from those that are not could be managed under a special registration regime, required initially of DEA in the 2008 Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Act.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 27, 2020

Forcing patients to travel to a health center to access the safe, effective medication they need especially hurts people of color and people with low-incomes, who already face more barriers to care," said Planned Parenthood Federation of America President and CEO Alexis McGill-Johnson in a statement. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 25, 2023

In a remarkable public statement on Tuesday, the nation’s leading health official expressed grave concerns about the impact of social media on young people. Teach them about privacy settings, the risks of sharing personal information, and how to protect themselves and their children from potential online threats.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

. “FHIR also supports integrating the output of third-party digital health tools directly into the EHR workflow without requiring that the output be written into the database of the EHR, since such a requirement would trigger often prohibitive legal and security concerns. “There is an even more profound digital divide. .”

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