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Better Health Care Tests, Faster

Healthcare IT Today

They also plan to offer APIs to labs and public health organizations, delivering test results securely through an app along with advice about how to handle the risk. Also, ixlayer utilizes only FDA-approved sample collection devices following best practice standards, everything in HIPAA compliant environment.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033 and will need to hire at least 200,000 nurses per year to meet increased demand and to replace retiring nurses. Process intelligence can be especially helpful here since healthcare organizations tend to operate across multiple systems that sit within interoperable siloes.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. These activities should be multi-disciplinary, including representatives from the Compliance Department, Information Technology, HIPAA, and Legal.

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Bonus Features – July 24, 2022 – OCR resolves 11 HIPAA enforcement actions, ONC releases USCDI v3, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The HHS Office for Civil Rights resolved 11 investigations as part of its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative , issuing fines ranging from $3,500 for a Massachusetts psychiatric consultant to $240,000 for the 17-hospital Memorial Hermann Health System. “It ONC released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 3 (USCDI v3).

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Weekender 12/21/18

HIStalk Weekender

HHS OCR issues an RFI for help reviewing how HIPAA impacts data sharing, how long it takes for patients to get copies of their own medical information, and how often providers refuse to share PHI for treatment purposes. Change Healthcare acquires the API and blockchain assets of interoperability vendor PokitDok. Get Involved.

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The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

For acute care in particular, the patient’s full care team – which includes various specialists, nurses, EMS, and others – must have access to the platform from anywhere at any time, including via mobile devices, to collaborate and communicate faster throughout the entire patient journey, not just at one specific point of care.

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California says goodbye to fax machines. Hello to DxF.

Redox

All general acute care hospitals, physician organizations, medical groups, skilled nursing facilities, health service plans and disability insurers, Medi-Cal managed care plans, clinical laboratories, and acute psychiatrist hospitals were required to sign the CalHHS data sharing agreement (DSA) by January 2023. Who must participate?

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