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Mary Washington Healthcare Partners with Caregility to Pioneer Inpatient Virtual Engagement and Virtual Nursing Program

Digital Health Global

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare.

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Technologies and strategies to maintain productivity during telehealth transition

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In early March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of skilled nursing facilities restricted access to residents. “With regard to patient care, Executive Mental Health primarily provides mental health care to skilled nursing facility residents, and that care was abruptly cut off,” said Dr. Ari D. THE PROBLEM.

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How to Stay HIPAA Compliant in the World of Social Media

TheraNest

How to Stay HIPAA Compliant in the World of Social Media. While health companies need to take great pains to make sure they are in HIPAA compliance, which includes all the cyber and physical security mandates, one thing commonly overlooked is social media security. Common HIPAA violations pertaining to social media.

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Ensuring Patient Safety: Strategies and Best Practices for Healthcare Providers

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Strategies for Improving Patient Safety Improving patient safety and quality improvement is a critical topic in healthcare today. Addressing medical errors and preventing harm: Healthcare providers must address medical errors promptly and develop strategies to prevent harm to patients.

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The Impact of Remote Patient Monitoring on Nursing Care Plans for Hypertension

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

In this context, nursing care plans play a crucial role in ensuring that patients receive the right care and treatment. The purpose of this article is to explore the impact of remote patient monitoring on nursing care plans for hypertension.

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Cerebral Telehealth: 2023’s Second Largest Patient Data Breach

Telebehavioral Health Institute

.” OCR’s Allegation of Cerebral Telehealth The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the US Health and Human Services department in charge of investigating and sanctioning HIPAA violations, has posted the results of their current investigation of Cerebral. HIPAA investigations don’t occur in a vacuum.

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Temple uses $1M of FCC telehealth funding for virtual care platform, tablets and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“This acceleration also was made available by the opportunities to be reimbursed for telemedicine-related services and relaxed CMS guidelines that waived penalties for HIPAA violations against healthcare providers that serve patients in good faith through everyday communications technologies.”