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The Importance of Healthcare Cybersecurity: Best Practices for Protecting Patient Data and Ensuring HIPAA Compliance

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

According to the HIPAA Journal , between 2009 and 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights received reports of 4,419 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records each. Best Practices for Protecting Patient Data and HIPAA Compliance. Why Healthcare Cybersecurity is Important.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

A few topics that pique my interest address benefits for people and their pets, AI for everyday peoples’ health, and the assertively (spot-on) titled session, “don’t build more healthtech without asking patients first.”. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. Patient’s privacy and data security.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

CCHP: CCHP stands for the Center for Connected Health Policy and is a non-profit that has been designated the national telehealth policy resource center. CMS is the federal agency that administers HIPAA standards and develops Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement policies for telemedicine.