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Why You Need to Switch to HIPAA Compliant Telehealth, NOW

Mend

Data breaches or mishandling can also put a practice at serious risk of legal and financial trouble. 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).

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American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies

Healthcare IT Today

Principles Concerning Privacy According to Zebley, the privacy team believes that the federal government must update HIPAA, which covers organizations narrowly associated with traditional medical treatment, and regulated the many organizations and digital apps that collect personal health data. HIPAA was last revised in 2013.

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Don't miss the 2013 Consumer Health IT Summit

Medicine and Technology

Register for the 2013 Consumer Health IT Summit : Accelerating the Blue Button Movement The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) invites you to join us in Washington D.C. The 2013 Consumer Health IT Summit will bring together Federal leaders including: Todd Park, U.S. Washington, D.C.,

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Core Principles for Application Decommissioning and Data Archiving

Healthcare IT Today

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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What is homomorphic encryption for healthcare data?

Lloyd Price

It was developed by researchers at MIT in 2011 and used homomorphic encryption to protect sensitive data stored in a database. The HEAT project: This project, which was funded by the European Commission, was launched in 2013 and focused on developing homomorphic encryption techniques for secure data processing in healthcare applications.

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BetterHelp Investigated by FTC for Sharing Sensitive Consumer Data

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Telehealth.org readers will also recall the January 4 research report titled, Some Telehealth Platforms Are Tracking Sensitive Patient Data: Are They Violating HIPAA ? It showed how 49 or 50 telehealth platforms investigated by researchers shared sensitive healthcare data with marketing companies.

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5 Best Practices for Home Health Monitors to Boost Patient Safety and Reduce Costs

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Home health monitors are becoming increasingly important as more patients are receiving care in their own homes. Home health monitors are a key component of RPM, as they allow healthcare providers to track patients’ vital signs and other health data from a distance.