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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ram Krishnan, CEO at Valant Communicating with patients – in a compliant manner – is essential for behavioral health practices. All practices must comply with HIPAA, as well as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The first step is using a HIPAA-compliant telehealth solution.

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Athenahealth launches new EHR-embedded telehealth tool

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Athenahealth announced this week that it had launched an embedded telehealth tool to allow practitioners to conduct virtual visits without having to download separate software or use another third-party app. " Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners.

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Telehealth, properly integrated with EHRs, can boost cancer care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cancer is one of the few diseases where we must make patients sicker to get them better. Telemedicine is best applied in low-acuity situations – cases where being on video or engaged in a live video chat or discussion is not inconvenient. Communication between patient and clinician is critical during this journey.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And in so many cases, this was Zoom – a video conferencing technology that today practically everyone is familiar with. Healthcare IT News interviewed Laura Mrazik, manager of telehealth at MaineGeneral Health, to discuss best uses and best practices with Zoom so others can learn from MaineGeneral's lessons.

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How one physician practice was transformed by EHR-embedded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The pandemic presented a variety of problems when it came to continuing patient care during quarantine. The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said. The experience was often frustrating. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 had embedded within the law a Patient’s Bill of Rights.

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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.” MARKETPLACE.