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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Still, over 50% of consumers ages 56 to 74 would like to download their EHR data. This is particularly concerning when personal health data is downloaded to an app that may fall out of the protection of HIPAA. More younger people would be interested in downloading personal health records compared with older people.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Verisma HITRUST® certified technology integrates with existing EHRs and portals for advanced automation and transparency uniquely designed for release of information (ROI), self-serve request tracking, and audits. Our highly trained health information management experts help you increase efficiency and remain compliant with HIPAA regulations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Microsoft also announced the Microsoft Teams electronic health record connector, which will allow clinicians and patients to launch a telehealth visit or virtual consult directly from their EHR system. Epic will be the first EHR system to integrate with Teams in this way. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2023

New HIPAA Security Rule – and Enforcement – Is Coming in 2024. Mike Semel said updates to the HIPAA Security Rule should be in place by the end of next year , as ONC plans to release a draft rule in the spring. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

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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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Still, over 50% of consumers ages 56 to 74 would like to download their EHR data. This is particularly concerning when personal health data is downloaded to an app that may fall out of the protection of HIPAA. More younger people would be interested in downloading personal health records compared with older people.

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Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals. Just last month, Amazon announced HIPAA-compliant privacy bundled into Alexa skills with Atrium Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, CIGNA, ExpressScripts, Livongo, and Swedish Health Connect.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. ” The only HIPAA-compliant vendor Upstate had immediate access to and currently was using was WebEx.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

One example of leveraging AI as a tool to integrate new information sources could be by integrating natural language processing to both recognize audio, visual, and written communications and provide additional context or patient information from their EHR in real-time. This includes mediums like video, infographics, and even entertainment.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. The Harlow Group LLC. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

Like many physician groups before the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center only used telehealth in a limited way. As the pandemic hit, and the group's physicians needed to leverage existing telehealth tools, staff identified significant room for improvement. THE PROBLEM.

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TheraNest

MARCH 6, 2024

The practice space should include consultation rooms, waiting areas, administrative offices, and, potentially, space for group therapy sessions. If you’re looking for the right EHR, here are 5 things to consider when choosing a new EHR for your mental and behavioral health practice. Why not see for yourself?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

We primarily use a HIPAA-compliant Zoom system along with our Epic EHR to conduct our telehealth operations,” she said. The institute already had an existing HIPAA-compliant Zoom account and it already was on the Epic EHR. This informed the first group of family distribution.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2020

A quartet of patients has filed a class-action suit against an Alabama based hospital group detailing the harm they allegedly suffered after a ransomware attack hit their local hospitals. According to a news story, patients seen at the three hospitals run by Ala.-based

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

"Our program uses a comprehensive and coordinated approach of clinical operations, EHR integration, mobile technology, best-practices algorithms and population health monitoring to address this key contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality." " These differences are particularly notable in the postpartum period, she added.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

That’s Jefferson’s health solutions group that focuses on digital innovation and consumer experience. That’s because, as Steve Laughlin, VP and General Manager of IBM’s Global Consumer Group recently explained to me, a consumer’s last great customer experience becomes the benchmark expectation for the next one.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The IT vendors that Harbor used to provide telehealth services include IDSolutions, which provided a HIPAA-compliant video platform (Vidyo), and Streamline Healthcare Solutions, which provided Harbor’s web-based electronic health record, SmartCare. ” PROPOSAL. This prevented double-booking of the ‘Tele Patient Rooms.’“

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2019

One group of ethicists and lawyers may have at least a partial answer to this question. The group, which met late last year at the Oxford Internet Institute, has created a proposed ethical code to tackle […]. What rules should be in place to guide the donation of patient medical data after that person passes away?

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The combined company, which will operate as IKS Health, will have annual revenues of $330+ million, as well as a global workforce of over 14,000 employees serving over 150,000 clinicians in many of the largest hospitals, health systems, and specialty groups in the United States.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

With telemedicine, healthcare providers could establish connections with a diverse array of patients from various economic backgrounds, age groups and locations. Advanced device integration will allow data flow between the providers' EHR and patients' personal devices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2020

" He said those devices must also have intelligence built into them to help filter all this incoming data and guide providers or care coordinators to activities or events that requires their attention – otherwise, the data becomes noise to providers and it gets ignored, similar to alert fatigue with EHRs.

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TheraNest

MAY 17, 2022

In addition to workbooks and articles, this website offers articles and templates for HIPAA compliance and documentation for teletherapy. You can find worksheets, videos and patient activities.

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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 system also did not work well for the behavioral health providers because they often provided group therapy. Ryan Health currently is working with ChartSpan for these services.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. The Harlow Group LLC. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 21, 2023

For example, Google Bard can be used to create educational materials about a specific condition, or to provide patients with access to support groups or other resources. It is also HIPAA compliant, so clinicians can be confident that their patients' data is secure. Interoperability: Care Studio is not compatible with all EHR systems.

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Mend

JUNE 8, 2022

Our innovative healthcare management system lets you automate patient billing when integrated into your PMS or EHR. Mend seamlessly integrates into your practice’s already existing EHR and PMS software. HIPAA compliant telemedicine – Our telemedicine capabilities allow you to expand your reach using telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

Sharing of Data in a Patient Portal Most patients are familiar with HIPAA and of course, expect data to be kept securely in accordance with HIPAA requirements. All clinicians should be equally concerned with patient portal usability as well as the usability of the charting system when choosing an EHR system.

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Mend

APRIL 13, 2022

Using data from EHR, the University of Missouri completed a study to identify which patients are missing appointments. Their research found that the following groups were more likely to miss medical appointments. If your patient is likely to be a no-show, our Attendance Predictor offers HIPAA-compliant telehealth options.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Colin Hung attended the vendor’s User Group Meeting and provided a recap of the event, where NextGen discussed an AI-powered ambient voice assistant and a Luma Health partnership to power patient self-scheduling. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. The Harlow Group LLC. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. The Harlow Group LLC. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. The Harlow Group LLC. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. The Harlow Group LLC. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

CMS’s Survey and Certification Group published a memo sent to all state survey agency directors at the end of December regarding Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers. The Harlow Group LLC. most hospitals). Patient records must be kept confidential. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2022

We utilized IMs and chat groups to give each testing team their own space for communicating. But this group was much smaller than any other go-lives we had done. Now we have electronic boards that are HIPAA friendly to help identify patient location and assignment as well as a number of other alerts to help with patient throughput.

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