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. We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., advertising platforms).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. Creating standards synergy for 'Interoperability 3.0' Part 2 – with HIPAA. " Leary said.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Yesterday, we shared a number of the insights into the health data and interoperability needs in healthcare. For example, extensive pre-work to uplift network infrastructure is often a prerequisite for vital EHR enhancements. Charlie Clarke, Senior Vice President of Technology at hc1. Matt Donahue, CTO at CloudWave.

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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). Healthtech providers can adopt HL7 (Health Level Seven) or FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Improved compliance with regulations: SSI facilitates easier compliance with data privacy regulations like GDPR and HIPAA by enabling patients to manage their data consent and access logs efficiently. This offers more control over their privacy and minimizes data oversharing. This transparency builds trust and fosters informed consent.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As the next phase in the evolution of interoperability, SDC allows for the secure and near real-time sharing of health data between devices at the point of care, regardless of the manufacturer. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2023

Mike Semel said this is a telltale example of why health systems need to enforce HIPAA’s minimum necessary access rule , along with logging access and updating incident response plans. Read more… The Value of an Interoperability and Integration Partner.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

How Artificial Intelligence and Other Tech can Help Even when it comes to electronic health records (EHRs), an area where many countries are making strides , the issue of interoperability remains. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data. Understanding processes before automating them is essential.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For example, CRMs don’t do great with anonymous users and really only focus on the known, logged in patients. Many people reading this are probably wondering why a healthcare organization’s CRM doesn’t do this already. CRMs are great for certain tasks, but they have their limitations. Nowadays, people rarely log in unless they have to.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

Established interoperability standards will facilitate health information and data sharing across outsourced platforms. Being able to designate the geography and obtain better performance for cost allows faster processing power for MRI results or AI components, for example.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

One recent example is the Clinic’s collaboration with Oscar (the health insurance company). Oscar and the Clinic collaborated and created an interoperability solution that yielded better analytics leading to improved ability of clinicians to manage patients and improved patient engagement. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

One recent example is the Clinic’s collaboration with Oscar (the health insurance company). Oscar and the Clinic collaborated and created an interoperability solution that yielded better analytics leading to improved ability of clinicians to manage patients and improved patient engagement.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 19, 2023

Researchers assessed the quality and safety of treatment apps across six categories: app origin and accessibility, privacy and security, clinical foundation, features and engagement, inputs and outputs, and interoperability. As with telehealth platforms claiming HIPAA compliance , claims are often suspect. Read More

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Cloud-based platforms are making novel systems like patient portals possible, offering interoperability and a secure way for important information to be transmitted quickly and easily, anytime anywhere. The second-largest data breach was reported by Practicefirst, a New York business associate of multiple HIPAA-covered entities.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

Michael sees the persisting lack of interoperability as something that harms the patient, harms the provider, and raises cost. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. Inovalon has been around for about 20 years.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

Michael sees the persisting lack of interoperability as something that harms the patient, harms the provider, and raises cost. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. Inovalon has been around for about 20 years.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Hearing about these pain points from stakeholders is why I’d “repackage HIPAA” if I were a regulator for a day. In that manner, businesses that remained “outside of the purview of HIPAA” would be impacted. For example, menopause care management currently does not have a viable reimbursement pathway.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

PingMD is HIPAA compliant and allows you to connect with your physicians the same way you might communicate with a friend or colleague via text messaging, image sharing and so forth. Jeremy Knibbs for example commented recently in his article Digital Upheaval Asks Demanding Questions Of Austalia’s Health Sector that. "Digital

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

Interoperability for better outcomes and clinical advances. The goal of Azure Health Data Services is interoperability that drives better patient outcomes and clinical advances. The key to unlocking the data is interoperability across the entire health ecosystem. More holistic view of the patient.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

SecureFrame connects to your cloud account and audits your infrastructure for chosen compliance (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA etc) which makes this process much faster. These systems are more flexible, more scalable, and lend themselves better to interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability. The solution to these challenges lies in the adoption of interoperable data systems.

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Chilmark Research

JANUARY 17, 2014

For many, the delay of Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program evoked a collective sigh of relief, providing a much-needed extra year to focus on the challenging requirements for patient engagement and interoperability. As one example, the report lauds GHC’s eHRA model, which is based on a shared EHR and shared clinical staff for data review.

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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.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Healthcare software vendors prioritize projects that use HL7 ® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ® ) over those built on other standards for many reasons. In addition to the benefits of FHIR, interoperability mandates are moving the market incrementally, but towards FHIR domination. Let’s dive in.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The inclusion of social services organizations in the CA DxF is also unique as these entities are not recognized as healthcare providers under HIPAA and data sharing has been limited. These are just examples and may vary based on the organization’s existing technical infrastructure and requirements.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When a PHR is connected to the patient’s legal medical record it is protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.” Patients who can review and revise clinician notes can see better patient safety outcomes, for example. These are called tethered PHRs or connected PHRs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Interoperability and artificial intelligence will play a large role in the innovation of healthcare technology in 2024 and will be necessary to control the rising needs in healthcare data management and analytics. For example, athletes’ recovery times from ACL/UCL reconstructions basically halved in time from what they used to be.

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HIStalk Interviews

AUGUST 8, 2018

Consumers complain about the cost of getting copies of their electronic information from their providers and Ciox has sued over the HIPAA limitation on how much providers can charge. What is the interoperability technology marketplace position of the newly announced HealthSource? Many are the examples that you just gave.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

She gave the example of an air filter that needs to be cleaned, or a broken air conditioner. She said providers shouldn’t just be asked to collect the data, but that, “[they] should be part of the solution in making that happen in the community for that person.”

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HIStalk Interviews

JUNE 12, 2019

If you come from an educational hospital or a medical center that’s inside of the perimeter here in Atlanta, for example, it’s a little bit different on how they deal with their independent providers. The problem with interoperability and intraoperability is that those files become convoluted quickly. It was beautiful.

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Redox

OCTOBER 22, 2019

For example, sharing calendar data with a tool like Calendly is something that makes me more productive, and is not explicitly approved by Redox. In healthcare this approach is hindered by HIPAA – but not in the way you’d expect. I believe the biggest barrier is bad HIPAA training.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 21, 2023

For example, Google Care Studio can be used to collect and organize patient data, and Google Bard can be used to generate reports, summaries, and other documents that can be used to help clinicians make better decisions. It is also HIPAA compliant, so clinicians can be confident that their patients' data is secure.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

Both HIPAA and related state laws create strict guidelines and restrictions on collecting, using, and maintaining patient-protected health information. The Office for Civil Rights, the federal agency responsible for HIPAA enforcement will monitor providers’ AI information platforms and take robust enforcement actions as warranted.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As such, as a regulator for a day, I’d implement critical clarification and updates of HIPAA, its scope and classification when it comes to medical guidance from AI-powered tools, outline the responsibility and liability of AI, and explore the selling of data for profit without transparency and consent.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

In essence, blockchain could help reshape healthcare interoperability by serving as a next-generation middleware that couples health data with decentralized, distributed, and immutable qualities, according to a new report by IDC Health Insights. To date, however, the VA has yet to test blockchain related to its massive healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

For example, a “normal” LDL cholesterol level may be defined as up to 130 mg/dL, but this range doesn’t apply to all patients. Currently, only a few lab tests have specific reference ranges, personalized to the patient; a common example is hemoglobin, which has a different reference based on sex.

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