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Understanding the Term EHI Will Be As Important As the Term PHI

Healthcare IT Today

Everyone in healthcare likely knows the term PHI (Protected Health Information). Understanding what is considered PHI has been extremely important to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations.

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CyncHealth Optimizes Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

Ensuring the efficient flow of information is fundamental to advancing interoperability. One of the HIPAA-compliant solutions CyncHealth uses to exchange information is Direct Secure Messaging.

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HHS Fact sheet on Ransomware and HIPAA

Healthcare Exchange Standards

HHS has produced an 8 page fact-sheet on Ransomeware and HIPAA that is fantastic. Just 8 pages, packed with very readable, reasonable, reasoned, and backed by long standing Security and Privacy HIPAA Regulation. It is so good that I have very little to say as any emphasis I would add is already in the 8 pages.

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Self-sovereign identity (SSI) - the future of Health Data?

Lloyd Price

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 transparency builds trust and fosters informed consent. This offers more control over their privacy and minimizes data oversharing.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

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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Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

Healthcare IT Today

Established interoperability standards will facilitate health information and data sharing across outsourced platforms. Utilizing New Storage Possibilities From the start, data collection systems need to be scalable and operational with different IT systems and providers.

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HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) To Investigate Google

Healthcare IT Today

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Google met HIPAA requirements when it pulled together millions of patient records when working with the Ascension health system.

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