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7 Quick Steps to Preventing Telehealth IT Security Threats

Telebehavioral Health Institute

With the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending on May 11, administrators, managers, supervisors, and clinicians may want to quickly run through a checklist of cybersecurity precautions. Discretionary enforcement of HIPAA ends along with the ending of the PHE. Many claims to be HIPAA-compliant, but they are not.

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The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

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.

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Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve System Security Right Now

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare systems in the U.S. In 2022, for example, the combination of COVID-19, labor shortages, and inflation resulted in one of the worst financial years ever for U.S. This can prove invaluable for economically challenged health systems that simply cannot afford a costly data breach. are under tremendous financial strain.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

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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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Within healthcare, the technology and expertise exist to help providers, payers, public health, health information exchanges, and healthcare IT companies exchange data. For example, caregivers can supplement care delivery with predictive care plans to drive improved outcomes.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

For example, athletes’ recovery times from ACL/UCL reconstructions basically halved in time from what they used to be. Ankit Gupta, Founder and CEO at Bicycle Health The opioid epidemic is the most acute and urgent public health crisis in America. lacks a robust public health infrastructure.