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Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat

Healthcare IT Today

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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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

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.

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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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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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Telehealth Popularity for Generation Z’s Mental Health Crisis

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Suggestions for Psychotherapists Seeking to Address the Gen Z Mental Health Crisis Many behavioral health practitioners are now seeking full-time employment through telehealth. Engage with Gen Z through social media and online platforms, utilizing these channels to share mental health tips, resources, and supportive content.

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Telehealth Popularity for Generation Z’s Mental Health Crisis

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Suggestions for Psychotherapists Seeking to Address the Gen Z Mental Health Crisis Many behavioral health practitioners are now seeking full-time employment through telehealth. Engage with Gen Z through social media and online platforms, utilizing these channels to share mental health tips, resources, and supportive content.

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Avizia CEO Mike Baird on Numbers Narrative Podcast

American Well

And on the security point, we recently interviewed Will Ackerly who’s the technical founder of a local company called Virtru, which secures digital communications on behalf of, you know, HIPAA Compliance or a host of other use cases as well. Or we do webinars and various things on a regular basis to educate customers. It’s huge for us.