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Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN, including a recently-licensed Registered Nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling medical information about car accident victims to personal injury attorneys and chiropractors. Harvey could receive up to 70 years in prison, pay a fine of $1.75
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Yet, privacy laws and a fragmented market have kept the healthcare industry from reaping generative AI’s full potential — until now. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed.
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Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. All healthcare entities should review their policies and procedures and educate their staff to better ensure their information-blocking compliance.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 27, 2023
HIPAA includes a requirement for MINIMUM NECESSARY ACCESS. Everyone knows that HIPAA requires patient information to be kept private and not shared with friends, family members, or anyone else without the patient’s authorization. HIPAA requires that computer activity logs be reviewed to identify unauthorized or inappropriate access.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Healthcare systems in the clinical setting can immensely benefit from risk evaluation and asking the following questions: What if healthcare providers can’t access patient data when they are using electronic health records (EHR) systems to connect with patients? So, HIPAA may not apply.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
” The only HIPAA-compliant vendor Upstate had immediate access to and currently was using was WebEx. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. This allowed providers and staff to call into COVID-19 rooms from the nursing station. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 2, 2024
Many large hospital systems have a team of in-house interpreters, but it can be challenging to manage those resources—hospitals often expend a lot of time and money as interpreters travel from one facility to another or make house calls with traveling nurses.
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