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When HIPAA Becomes Criminal

Healthcare IT Today

The hospital may be penalized for its HIPAA compliance based on the investigation caused by the alleged illegal activities of its rogue employees. Harvey allegedly received patient information from Kirby Dandridge, 38, Sylvia Taylor, 43, Kara Thompson, 30, Melanie Russell, 41, and Adrianna Taber, 26, who were all charged with violating HIPAA.

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How Healthcare Communication Platforms Can Harness Generative AI in a HIPAA-Compliant Way

Healthcare IT Today

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed. Up to now, HIPAA-compliant data security and generative AI haven’t gone hand-in-hand as AI is trained on large datasets centrally and often by third parties.

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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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HIPAA and Machine Learning at Loyal

Healthcare IT Today

Loyal, I’m told by Sharma, created one of first HIPAA-compliant chatbots. Loyal respects HIPAA with two major design choices. Loyal also masks data and subjects data to human review data before it’s added to the training set. Loyal also tracks patient responses and suggests new topics to the clinician.

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Going beyond traditional training: the emerging role of telementoring in digital health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual exchanges can bring know-how and added value to the healthcare provider’s team and patient. In addition to one-on-one surgical training, medical students either from a lecture room or from their home have the ability to virtually enter the procedure room and experience a live surgery.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

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.

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Why Are So Many Healthcare Companies Still Being Breached?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Terry Ray, SVP, Data Security GTM, and Field CTO at Imperva Despite satisfying regulatory requirements, 93% of healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach within the past three years and 57% have been breached more than five times over that span. How can Healthcare Organizations Build on HIPAA?

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