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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

Privacy literacy, understanding HIPAA and the importance of personal health data security and control; and, of course, Foundational literacy – the reading, writing, and arithmetic basics that form traditional definitions of “literacy.”

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

She said, “of course it can,” as the day’s content proved out. But the non-traditional data bytes (detailed in the Cracked Labs graphic above) that industry, and especially retail at large, are mashing up aren’t usually covered by HIPAA, unless they reside in HIPAA-covered entities’ information systems.

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Magellan Health uses smartphone-based AI tech to help Hep C patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, to help overcome the challenges it faced with directly observed therapy, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services turned to a healthcare technology from Baltimore-based emocha Mobile Health. They have access to two-way, HIPAA-secure messaging to communicate with their healthcare provider.

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Understanding Acute Diseases: Duration And Link To Chronic Health Conditions

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Chronic diseases are a significant public health concern in the United States and around the world. It is essential to categorize health conditions as acute or chronic to determine the appropriate course of action for treatment.

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White House Office on National Drug Policy: Telehealth Prescribing for Substance Use Disorders

Telebehavioral Health Institute

During the Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded reimbursement for telehealth access as a temporary measure. The ONDCP concludes that healthcare providers must continue prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine, especially for the vulnerable group of people with SUD.

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Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 1: “We Want to Be Seen as a Source of Truth.”

Health System CIO

Relaxation of HIPAA rules. Public health risks w/ residents & med students. The way I’ve approached the CIO role over the course of my career has been very much about trying to add more strategic input into the conversation. . * Resistance to technology enablement – “Some of those barriers are melting away.”.

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Practicing Telehealth Across State Lines: 2023 Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Practitioners of all healthcare professions will be impacted by the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE). They include the following: If my client has a residence in my state of licensure, is it still going to be ok for me to work with them after the end of the COVID public health emergency?