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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

Technology plays a crucial role in HIPAA-compliant communication for behavioral health. Embracing Secure EHR Software and Patient Portal Effective EHR software helps ensure HIPAA-compliant interactions. First, email addresses are often mistyped, which can result in dangerous disclosures of protected health information (PHI).

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AWS announced the AWS HealthScribe service for building clinical applications that use generative AI and integrating them with EHRs and other systems. The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe.

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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. In an age where data breaches are common, some patients are hesitant to put their health information online. Then there’s the worry about privacy.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

The No Surprises Act was signed into law in 2020 and took effect last year. Many hospitals, health systems, and health plans still don’t have employees trained and don’t have the proper policies, procedures, and tech tools in place to be compliant, even with the two years of runway that was provided by legislators.

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Patient/caregiver letter supporting proposed ONC rule on improving flow of our data

Society for Participatory Medicine

We are writing you today to ask that you hear our point of view as decisions are made on the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator Proposed Rule to Improve the Interoperability of Health Information. . Some use other EHRs. Some are informal “curbside” consults. No I don’t!” she replied.

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Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Epic) to real-time patient journey optimization systems that are EMR-agnostic and fueled by far more comprehensive data than what sits in EMRs today. In 2023, health IT vendors will continue to work to maintain compliance as part of new regulatory requirements related to the 21st Century Cures Act.