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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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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

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In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Electronic Health Records encompass a broader context of patient medical information storage, incorporating treatment records, diagnoses, lab results, allergy data, vaccinations, and more.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

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The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

Our scheduling APIs allow EMR scheduling systems to synchronize scheduled visits with American Well, with the option to trigger emails to patient and physicians. The clinical interfaces provide data exchange before, during, and after visits, such as sharing a patient’s health history.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

Our scheduling APIs allow EMR scheduling systems to synchronize scheduled visits with American Well, with the option to trigger emails to patient and physicians. The clinical interfaces provide data exchange before, during, and after visits, such as sharing a patient’s health history.

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HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) To Investigate Google

Healthcare IT Today

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Google met HIPAA requirements when it pulled together millions of patient records when working with the Ascension health system.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

As healthcare systems and providers modernize (or build) their technology stacks, it will be more important than ever to prioritize privacy and to understand new regulations at the state level, from HIPAA, and from the FTC. However, EHR macros must accurately capture the patient’s condition on the day of the encounter.