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Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

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The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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RFID in Healthcare: Navigating Security & Privacy Regulations

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These products, such as pharmaceuticals, can be safely tracked from manufacturing to distribution and administration, providing unmatched value and security throughout the product lifecycle. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is another significant regulation that can impact RFID in healthcare applications.

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Meta Faces Legal Firestorm As Hospitals Cite Its Pixel Tool In Health Data Breaches

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Two health systems have become the latest healthcare organizations to name a web tracking tool created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as responsible for their data breach. This comes as the social media giant faces a growing number of lawsuits alleging that the tool improperly collects and sells sensitive patient health information.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

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State documents define rules for collecting, storing, processing, and transmitting medical information. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). AWS solutions require software compatible with HIPAA standards.

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Cardinal Health’s Outcomes™ acquires smart prescription platform ScalaMed

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Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) today announced the acquisition of ScalaMed, a HIPAA-compliant, smart platform that transfers prescriptions directly to patients via a secure mobile app. The acquisition transfers ScalaMed’s technology and assets to Outcomes™, a Cardinal Health company. About Cardinal Health.

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How Healthcare Can Embrace the Cloud Without Jeopardizing Data

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Building Trust in the Cloud One of the main, and most obvious, reasons is the highly sensitive nature of data at play in healthcare facilities: protected health information (PHI), insurance claims, pharmaceutical intellectual property, and more.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.