Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

A survey from The Harris Poll and ClearDATA found that 81% of Americans incorrectly assume that all protected health information collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA. Medicare ACO Vytalize Health added two board members : Dave Wichmann at Jory Capital and Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips at Press Ganey.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In November, a long report (the third of 2020 ) called The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults was published, the result of 30 interviews with executives from organizations large and very small. These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance."

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eCare Remote care HIPAA Medicare 130

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A frequently discussed consequence of the COVID-19 crisis is the uptick in reliance on telehealth, with both patients and clinicians pivoting quickly to virtual care in order to minimize in-person contact. He also pointed to the easing of HIPAA restrictions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Will results change when older adults are surveyed later this year?

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Remote care Telehealth HIPAA Medicare 89

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2020

TElehealth, HIPAA compliance and innovation tracking. But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. Remote care technologies – what have they been, what will they be? And not just about hand washing and social distancing.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Remote Monitoring and Care Delivery Remote monitoring and care delivery refers to the use of telehealth and RPM technologies to remotely monitor patients and provide care to them remotely, i.e. from a distant location such as their home.

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Telehealth Medicare Health Data HIPAA 40

In Hand Health

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Over the past two months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun shifting its policies in favor of telemedicine and telehealth services. But they want to make sure that an e-visit or other remote care is just as good as they’d get in person, and that their health information stays private.”.

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