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Why You Need to Switch to HIPAA Compliant Telehealth, NOW

Mend

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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How Clocktree safeguards your data

Clocktree

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law passed in 1996 which requires secure handling of an individual’s health information (PHI). This act extends HIPAA security obligations to business associates. Some technical implementation details may change in the future.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. “HIPAA, as passed in 1996 and amended in 2009 through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, defines privacy through a sectoral lens. legislators can get on the same privacy page.

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What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023 

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.

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Aging and Health Technology Watch 2020 Research – A Recap

Aging in Place Technology Watch

With the beginning of HIPAA-compliance, diagnostic capabilities based on voice, and increased personalization capability, Voice First technology promises to provide greater assistance to health professionals and a better experience for consumers at home. But the future is exciting. Technology for Aging 2020 Market Overview.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Those advertising companies include Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, and many more, which are immune to HIPAA violations because they are not covered entities. HIPAA, in some cases, may not legally obligate privately held companies to keep collected information private. National Academies Press (US), 2009. What Is Privacy?,

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

That link will take you to my blog written on primary care ROI in November 2009 – and the math holds ten+ years later. And, that primary care is a social determinant of health, bolstering public and individual health. But America’s per capita primary care physician supply fell between 2005 and 2015.