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How Healthcare Communication Platforms Can Harness Generative AI in a HIPAA-Compliant Way

Healthcare IT Today

When the sector is set to face shortages of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, generative AI could alleviate administrative work, such as summarizing patient calls and managing electronic health records (EHRs), to allow medical staff to focus on improving patient care.

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

In fact, a recent JAMA Health Forum report indicates that from 2016 to 2021, the annual number of ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector more than doubled. Furthermore, the transition to electronic health records (EHRs) has reinforced the need for tightened identity and access management processes.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Let’s discuss how to tackle them and explore the IT solutions essential for modern healthcare institutions. Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

The supply side of digital health tools and tech is growing at a hockey-stick pace. There are mobile apps and remote health monitors, digital therapeutics and wearable tech from head-to-toe. Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals.

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The Future of Wearable Devices in Healthcare

Telebehavioral Health Institute

How to Use Wearable Devices in Healthcare. Yes, wearable devices used in healthcare can involve telehealth if protected health information (PHI) is transmitted from the device to the clinician or, for example, to a clinician’s electronic health record (EHR). Do Healthcare Wearable Devices Involve Telehealth?

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Patient Requested Restrictions

Healthcare Exchange Standards

As part of my advisory position on SHIFT Shift (formerly Protecting Privacy to Promote Interoperability PP2PI) was founded in 2018 and formalized in 2020 with a mission to advance safe, equitable, and patient-empowered sharing of health information. Why do I express this? It should be by the time they finish their comments.

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Are You Ready for Telemedicine? Three Questions to Ask.

GlobalMed

You may have many questions about where and how to get started and you may not be sure which questions to ask first. This could include documenting directly in the EHR or using a telehealth platform that integrates with your EHR to get the optimized benefits of telemedicine technologies but still keep patient records up-to-date.