Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Focus on the healthcare market AI systems have the capability to communicate with each other across various healthcare platforms , from electronic health records (EHR) to diagnostic tools. Including real-time monitoring of any data breaches or anomalies and ensuring compliance with regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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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TheraNest

APRIL 29, 2024

For one, most of these apps aren’t HIPAA-compliant – some of them aren’t even secure. That’s why we recommend using a telehealth platform fully integrated within your EHR. For example, TheraNest lets you start sessions from your agenda screen, and you can send a secure link to clients. No download, username, or password.

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TheraNest

OCTOBER 10, 2023

While ChatGPT is the primary example, it’s by no means the only one. You already did the hard work, so you can simply ask the AI to rewrite notes in a SOAP format, for example. They’re definitely not HIPAA-compliant and cannot be trusted with client information. For example, free AI models are not the latest and greatest.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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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Redox

MAY 6, 2024

healthcare providers via a network approach—with one business relationship and one integration go-live—as opposed to building many BAA-driven relationships and integrations with individual healthcare organizations and their EHRs. new test results) or you need to be able to write data back to their charts in EHRs.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers. AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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TheraNest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Only give access to data to appropriate staff – for example, a receptionist should not have access to clinical documentation. Some EHRs, like TheraNest, conduct continuous data backups. Messaging should be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. TheraNest is a web-based EHR with strong safety features.

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TheraNest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Only give access to data to appropriate staff – for example, a receptionist should not have access to clinical documentation. Some EHRs, like TheraNest, conduct continuous data backups. Messaging should be encrypted and HIPAA-compliant. TheraNest is a web-based EHR with strong safety features.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A non-healthcare example would be a smartphone app designed to listen to music using earbuds to engage with iTunes or Apple Music on one’s smartphone. Assume, for example, that a blood pressure cuff gives a false negative reading. To properly transmit images with PHI would be to use a HIPAA-compliant texting service or EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

They also discussed the all-important topic of EHR integration. Read more… Going Beyond Visit Summaries Using AI in the EHR. One example is helping with follow-up tasks such as ordering medication and scheduling a phone call in addition to generating a visit summary.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While it may be true that the EHR is the main tool for a clinician, the same is not true for patients. Yes, and the EHR has patient data too. For example, CRMs don’t do great with anonymous users and really only focus on the known, logged in patients. CRMs are great for certain tasks, but they have their limitations.

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Redox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Learn more about the status of X12 and DICOM ® at these two standout presentations featuring real world customer examples: Light up X12, but don’t let it burn Nick Hatt and Garrett Rhodes CMS has proposed regulations requiring the use of FHIR API to automate prior authorization processes and streamline communication between payers and EHR systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

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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Lloyd Price

MAY 1, 2021

Care Studio is designed to adhere to industry-wide regulations that protect patient data and govern how data can be used and processed, including HIPAA. It brings together patient records from the multiple EHRs an organization uses – giving clinicians a centralized view of patient data and the ability to search across these records.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2020

Azalea Health is a health IT vendor that offers an EHR and telehealth tech, and is offering clients free telehealth services for one year to fight the pandemic. "Another draw toward this telehealth solution was its HIPAA compliance," she added. At that point, adopting this telehealth solution became the obvious answer."

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It’s not uncommon for vendors to have access to sensitive patient data, such as electronic health records (EHRs) and patient communications. Here are some examples: Fines or other monetary consequences. This is a HIPAA requirement for business associates. Consequences of a Vendor Data Breach. Increased regulatory scrutiny.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 7, 2023

For example, DPI can be used to identify and block traffic that contains malware, viruses, or other types of malicious code. For example, an organization may use DPI to monitor employee internet usage and ensure that employees are not accessing prohibited websites or engaging in other unauthorized activities.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

As EY’s framework illustrates here in the Venn diagram, these many health and wellbeing touch-points leverage various technologies and services: maturing EHRs and acute care, as well as emerging tech like AI, blockchain, and biometrics. 2019 will feature examples of all of these technologies and services. .”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Li to speak to how RPM can be a game-changer for these cancer patients and their physicians, and to discuss real-world examples of the technology in action. Please offer a couple of examples of RPM in action to combat neutropenic fever. Please talk about the neutropenia problem.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

For example, if the clinic uses the portal for its primary method of communication, appointment requests, billing, and refill requests, then the patient should be made aware of this and be required to make an account on the portal. The primary intended purpose of the portal should be communicated to the patient.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 30, 2022

While healthcare professionals already have to follow HIPAA rules and regulations, telehealth increases the risk of online security issues. They often must rely on choices or guidance made by professionals, many who are unaware of needed cybersecurity measures, despite HIPAA or PIPEDA mandates imposed by state and federal law.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

Furthermore, the transition to electronic health records (EHRs) has reinforced the need for tightened identity and access management processes. Additionally, this plan should outline, for example, whether to divert patients to another working facility or reschedule appointments.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Mateusz Krempa, COO at Piwik Pro Broader reflection and discussion on HIPAA-compliant technologies would help the industry see beyond popular solutions and identify tools that balance successful data processing with regulatory requirements. The following is what they had to share with us. advertising platforms).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

"Our first choice was to have a secure integrated solution with our EHR," Ajmal said. "Ryan Health uses eClinicalWorks as our EHR. The Doximity platform met the organization's requirements, was available at no cost and was HIPAA-compliant. Ryan Health currently is working with ChartSpan for these services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"E-consults, for example, allowed providers to ask targeted questions about a patient's condition, at times avoiding the need for an in-person office visit in the first place," said Dr. Michael Couturie, chief value and informatics officer at Cornell Scott-Hill. Click here to read the special report. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2021

Staff would have to juggle multiple windows between the EHR and the video call; it wasn't a smooth operation. Nor was it HIPAA-compliant, a major concern. Progressive Therapeutics found vendor Azalea Health, which offered a proposal for an EHR solution that came fully integrated with telehealth. " PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

The use of emerging technologies has existed in healthcare for decades, primarily in the form of electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative records but is now accelerating as digital transformation creates new possibilities and opportunities for organizations.

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Redox

JUNE 15, 2023

For example, there is healthy demand to implement FHIR-based queries (e.g., For example, there is healthy demand to implement FHIR-based queries (e.g., Conversely, there is limited demand to implement event-driven write-backs to EHRS (e.g. Further, many legacy standards are written into and reinforced by regulation.

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American Well

APRIL 24, 2020

With good intentions, we’re seeing some organizations move to implement the lowest-cost and easiest-to-implement platform they can find, including free — and non-HIPAA-compliant — web-based videoconferencing tools. These tools became an option for health systems and other providers when the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

For example, HHS is proposing to update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 to strengthen requirements for HIPAA regulated entities to safeguard electronic health information from cybersecurity threats. The HIPAA Security Rule was drafted in 2003 and has not been substantively updated since that time.

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Digital Health Today

APRIL 19, 2021

To protect patient data companies can choose HIPAA-compliant telehealth solutions that are suitable for the workflow, such as through the current EHR vendor. Human factors reasons play a huge role in breaches, for example, employees losing assets or not securing devices providing access to sensitive data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In early 2021, Zoom had done a great job highlighting the security measures they had taken to ensure HIPAA compliance for health system clients. We will explore ways to make efficiencies on the staff side as well, with EHR integrations and more.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

However, adopting and implementing poorly designed electronic health records (EHRs) has diminished the time available to clinicians to lay hands and eyes on patients – essentially, limiting their ability to do the jobs they were trained, hired and personally driven to do. There’s also a trust deficit between some patients and providers.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Second, the healthcare industry has unique compliance requirements, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the United States, which sets standards for the protection of electronic healthcare information. Some examples include: Implementing strong and unique passwords for all systems and devices.

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