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Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
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.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 20, 2023
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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Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 27, 2023
DCH said it does not know if the information was used or further disclosed and mailed letters to patients informing them of the breach and offering identity theft/credit monitoring services to those whose health plan ID numbers may have been involved. HIPAA includes a requirement for MINIMUM NECESSARY ACCESS.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
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.
Health Populi
JUNE 10, 2021
.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. This week, Ken Mandl and Eric Perakslis co-wrote an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine on HIPAA and the “leak of ‘deidentified’ EHR data.”
Mend
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Disclosing protected health information (PHI) can cause serious harm to a patient’s safety, personal life, and state of mind. That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. Under HIPAA, there can be steep penalties for breaches involving PHI.
Health Populi
AUGUST 5, 2021
And most patients would also want access to information on their mental, behavioral, and substance use history. A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. As with other aspects of U.S. Patients in the U.S.
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