FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 10, 2020

HHS proposes changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule to improve care coordination. Thu, 12/10/2020 - 14:08.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2020

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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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 6, 2020

$100,000 HIPAA Settlement Reached for HIPAA Violations In its first HIPAA settlement of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) fined a sole practitioner $100,000 for HIPAA violations. The post HIPAA Violations appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Industry Voices—Telemedicine and long-term implications for HIPAA compliance. Fri, 10/23/2020 - 15:58.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

So 2020 was a year that produced 5 white papers and three long research reports emerge – normally not feasible with so much here-and-there travel. Voice, Health, and Wellbeing 2020. 2020 saw more entrants into this early segment, particularly in voice assistants and new health-oriented skills, refining what works and adds value.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 27, 2020

Emergency HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver During an emergency or public health crisis, some elements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule may be waived. As of March 15, 2020, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued an … Read more. The post HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 26, 2020

What HIPAA law? Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:12. Study finds future healthcare employees would consider violating privacy laws for cash.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Premera Blue Cross pays 2nd-largest HIPAA fine for 2014 breach. Fri, 09/25/2020 - 13:16.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 20, 2022

On Friday, July 15, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its 18th round of sanctions for HIPAA Right of Access violations. In each case, to settle a potential violation of HIPAA, the providers agreed to pay OCR fines and enter into corrective action plans. paper, CD, USB).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. Learn more at HomeThrive.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The OCR has an office in HHS and is responsible for protecting US citizens from discrimination and several other health-related agendas, including the enforcement of HIPAA. GAO Recommendations for OCR.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2020

“ExtendedCare offered Grady a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based platform that allowed us to rapidly scale video visits at a pace we were comfortable with,” Hilburn explained. ” Big no-show rate reduction.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Aetna to pay $1M to OCR to settle 3 2017 HIPAA breaches. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 17:22.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 21, 2020

The article First Do No Harm: The Ethics of Healthcare in 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. And once it’s gone, it can be very hard to get it back. And while patients play the ultimate role in safeguarding […].

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

Household penetration of smartwatch ownership grew 12%, whereas activity tracker growth was fairly flat between 2020 and 2021. In 2020, one-fourth of U.S. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

The MobiHealthNews staff shares its thoughts on how HIPAA, investor funding, digital health commercialization and other focus areas will be changing over the course of the new year.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The OCR has an office in HHS and is responsible for protecting US citizens from discrimination and several other health-related agendas, including the enforcement of HIPAA. GAO Recommendations for OCR.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves kicked off the Mississippi Telehealth Association (MTA) 2020 Annual Conference on Monday, February 24 th by describing much of Mississippi living “small town ways” as a blanket description of many state residents. The post Down in the Delta – Up in Telehealth: MTA 2020 appeared first on LearnTelehealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice. Amazon’s release of HIPAA compliance tools has made personalizing the interaction feasible. More to follow in January 2020]. . Providence St.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

The MobiHealthNews staff shares its thoughts on how HIPAA, investor funding, digital health commercialization and other focus areas will be changing over the course of the new year.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. legislators can get on the same privacy page.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The OCR has an office in HHS and is responsible for protecting US citizens from discrimination and several other health-related agendas, including the enforcement of HIPAA. GAO Recommendations for OCR.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 1, 2021

As the dust settles on 2020, it’s become clear that this was an unbelievably bad year for healthcare ransomware attacks. In fact, it was a year that cost organizations $20.8 billion in ransomware expenses, according to a new estimate. Worse, there is no future relief in sight.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Because of these hurdles, and the uncertainty around HIPAA compliance, some providers have decided to steer clear of telemedicine. The post 2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers appeared first on GlobalMed. 2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers was first posted on December 16, 2019 at 9:00 am. Contact Us.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Deloitte presented this graphic for an integrated data and analytics platform supporting remote patient monitoring data feeds in a June 2020 report noting that remote patient monitoring could trigger a multi-channel data tsunami. As a result, most U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2021

A 2021 report from HIPAA Journal showed that U.S. healthcare institutions had 616 data breaches of 500+ records in 2020—with a total of 28,756,445 total healthcare records being exposed. The following is a guest article by Damian Chung, Business Information Security Officer, Netskope. At the same […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As we head into 2020, I reached out to a number of people in Health Information Management (HIM) and Health Information Technology (HIT) to hear their thoughts on these hot topics: Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Privacy and Security of Health Information, Medical Coding Standards, and Patient Matching.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JANUARY 12, 2021

Current telehealth flexibilities expire December 31 st , 2020. HIPAA compliant platform is now required. The post Billing Telehealth Updates for the South Central Region – December 2020 appeared first on LearnTelehealth. No coverage for audio only telehealth services (except telephone codes).

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech. Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

adults 18 and over in mid-June 2020 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on health data and privacy. ” The spider-web drawing from Sweeney’s privacy lab drew the many data flows that fall outside of the HIPAA law, a graphic drawn years before smartphones sensed GPS and wearable technologies became mainstream.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Clinicians create a virtual mental health appointment using Zoom's secure, HIPAA-compliant video technology, share that link with the patient and launch the online meeting directly from the Osmind patient app. "As clinicians, we have a professional obligation to only use telehealth platforms that are HIPAA-compliant," she added.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S. Parks Associates’ research identified other categories of consumer electronics growth in the 2020 year of the coronavirus, including: Smart home devices, growing to 30% of U.S. broadband households in 2020 from 17% in 2015.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

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. 12 (December 22, 2020): e23776. Privacy International.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

In fact, in 2020, research found that just under half of the US population used tech to communicate with their healthcare providers. Ensure that all touch points comply with HIPAA, especially for those using biometric sensors. So, it’s essential providers have a secure system to manage it.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Pew collaborated with Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research to conduct a survey in June and July 2020 among 1,213 U.S. This is particularly concerning when personal health data is downloaded to an app that may fall out of the protection of HIPAA. The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But I believe that the ATA’s careful brick-laying, their forging of bonds with policy-makers and health care leaders, their patient education, made it easier for providers to adopt telemedicine quickly in the Spring of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic required it. HIPAA was last revised in 2013.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

The findings were published in a May 2020 report , detailing study findings among 2,533 U.S. adults polled in early April 2020. PwC explored how COVID-19 is influencing consumers’ health care behaviors in survey research conducted in early April by the Health Research Institute.

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