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Epic launches new telehealth service with Twilio

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Epic Systems has tapped San Francisco-based communications tech startup Twilio to provide the video-communication backend for Epic’s new telehealth platform. Twilio also noted that it supports HIPAA-eligible workflows on Twilio SMS, voice, SIP and video-communication channels. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Aging and Health Technology Watch 2020 Research – A Recap

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Although work is being explored in using the voice as a health diagnostic tool, most uses today are rudimentary and/or experimental. 2020 saw more entrants into this early segment, particularly in voice assistants and new health-oriented skills, refining what works and adds value. But the future is exciting.

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GlobalMed® Releases eNcounter®NOW Expanding its Software Offerings

GlobalMed

All data is securely stored on a HIPAA-compliant cloud platform to ensure dependable, redundant system performance. It is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of healthcare settings, including hospitals, health systems, urgent care facilities, nursing homes, provider networks, home healthcare, and correctional facilities, among others.

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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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Senators intro bipartisan effort toward modernizing health privacy laws

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Broadly popular technologies such as apps and wearables were barely conceivable at the time of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's passage in 1996. "HIPAA must be updated for the modern day. The federal government has taken steps to align privacy policies with the boom in health technologies.

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HIPAA Considerations When Adding Video Calling To a Health App

SightCall

For healthcare, rules are defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA regulates how patients’ information must be handled by healthcare professionals (covered entities) and their partners (business associates). Developers Hate HIPAA. Although the U.S.

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ACP, ATA, ORCHA announce new framework supporting health app safety

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

regulations – along with several leading international standards and frameworks, such as ISO 82304-2 in Europe, Digital Technology Assessment Criteria and NICE evidence standards framework in the UK, and DiGA in Germany – the Digital Health Assessment Framework aims to support the adoption of high-quality digital health technologies.