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Telehealth, properly integrated with EHRs, can boost cancer care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But when you are very nauseous, incredibly lethargic, tired and suffering from several adverse events, you may want to find a secure and reliable way to connect with your clinical team – but not necessarily in a synchronous manner. It must be filtered, allocated, sorted and distributed, which often burdens a clinician more.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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Why Are So Many Healthcare Companies Still Being Breached?

Healthcare IT Today

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is one of the most well-known – though broadly misunderstood – data protection regulations, and it includes stiff penalties for noncompliance. HIPAA plays a role in that protection, but there is a persistent misconception that compliance and security are synonymous.

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AI and IoT device connects with concierge platform for RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

My Health Concierge contains embedded healthcare workflows, including triggered events and write-back capabilities to major EHRs. "The flow of patient information needs to be completely secure and HIPAA-compliant in order to ensure that doctors can give the best recommendations and provide the best care.

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CyncHealth Optimizes Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

Scott Alderman, Vice President of Operations at CyncHealth , wants to provide one-stop access to the longitudinal patient record, while reducing the clicks needed to navigate the electronic health record (EHR). One of the HIPAA-compliant solutions CyncHealth uses to exchange information is Direct Secure Messaging.

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Security as the Standard: Utilizing the Cloud for Private Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

that are in the process of adopting or have implemented electronic health record (EHR) systems. Paper documents continue to be part of the healthcare document workflow, and oftentimes, it’s tricky integrating paper and digital content while streamlining daily operations and securing sensitive patient data to meet HIPAA compliance.

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Cybersecurity Tips for Mental and Behavioral Health Practices

TheraNest

Some EHRs, like TheraNest, conduct continuous data backups. Adopt a Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan: Develop a comprehensive incident response plan that outlines the steps to be taken in the event of a data breach or cyber incident. Messaging should be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant.