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Why Therapists Should Use HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Platforms During COVID-19

TheraNest

If your client’s private health information is compromised due to using a non-HIPAA compliant telehealth platform, the consequences for your client are still the same even if you do not get fined. Private health information that is compromised may result in economic harm, embarrassment, or discrimination for the client.

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A startup with a cause – championing the individual in navigating health care

Digital Health Today

As consumers, we struggle with the basics – we wait 29 days to get primary care appointments, we’re faced with higher deductibles and narrower networks, drug prices are increasing at five times the rate of inflation, and health care expenses cause about 2/3rds of U.S. If you add in health care taxes, it’s even more. bankruptcies.

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Providing After-Hours Healthcare with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

If patients have healthcare coverage and they live in an area with reputable hospitals and private practices, then they’re considered to have reasonable care resources – and mostly they do. million; approximately $500,000 of those savings went to a managed care Medicare payer. The estimated cost savings exceeded $1.55