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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ram Krishnan, CEO at Valant Communicating with patients – in a compliant manner – is essential for behavioral health practices. All practices must comply with HIPAA, as well as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The first step is using a HIPAA-compliant telehealth solution.

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Remote patient monitoring to gain big momentum in 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While there is a large and growing market for remote patient monitoring technologies, with particular benefits for the older population, simplification of connection technologies – Bluetooth for one – will be key to the broader adoption of RPM in 2020.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" "Coupled with seamless EHR integration and clarity on reimbursement methodology, our new telemedicine infrastructure will push Sun River to thoughtfully consider patient experience in the development of a resilient yet flexible model of care." As a standalone, HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform, Doxy.me

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Dock Health Secures $5M in Funding Led by MassMutual with Participation from DaVita Venture Group and August Capital

Healthcare IT Today

Founded within the innovation department at Boston Children’s Hospital and spun out in 2020, Dock addressed an internal need to better collaborate between the clinical and administrative halves of care delivery. “We

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For El Camino Hospital, the pandemic was a springboard into broad virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"But it also adds a higher level of intensity to meeting patients' needs in a more immediate way and with the best solutions available." " Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, El Camino had moved in the direction of telehealth, but virtual care was still a tool the hospital did not yet have.

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At Nicklaus Children's, successful telehealth expansion depends on customer input

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The majority of virtual care services at NCHS have been delivered through its proprietary, encrypted HIPAA-compliant telehealth app – which came in handy when COVID-19 began slamming the United States. The rapid scaling of telehealth services did pose hurdles, namely around connectivity and accessibility, said the NCHS team.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. In early 2021, Zoom had done a great job highlighting the security measures they had taken to ensure HIPAA compliance for health system clients.