CiscoHealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

Follow along with our new blog series #HealthcareNow and #PublicSectorNow , where we’ll addresses healthcare innovation around the world and how to maintain business continuity in today’s health climate. . And , they needed security built into the platform to meet strict HIPAA requirements for patient priv acy.

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Mend

APRIL 12, 2023

What about telehealth HIPAA compliance? The Use of Non-HIPAA Compliant Communication During the pandemic, the HHS Office for Civil Rights allowed health teams to use telehealth to provide virtual care even if they didn’t follow the usual privacy and security rules under HIPAA. Mend is here to help.

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TheraNest

MARCH 18, 2020

Although the OCR has temporarily lifted regulations regarding HIPAA-compliance and telehealth platforms, it is still best practice to use a HIPAA secure telehealth platform to deliver mental health care to your clients. 6 Reasons To Use A HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Platform. Protecting Client Privacy.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The OCR has an office in HHS and is responsible for protecting US citizens from discrimination and several other health-related agendas, including the enforcement of HIPAA.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

NABIP’s ten-article “Bill” incorporates a broad range of rights the speak to today’s health care environment — with States’ rights eroding health care access for certain populations, cybersecurity threats reducing patient trust in health systems and technology ubiquity, and health disparities compromising health (..)

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 28, 2020

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended Until October: HHS Declared The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is extended until October of this year as announced by the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II on July 25, … Read more.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The OCR has an office in HHS and is responsible for protecting US citizens from discrimination and several other health-related agendas, including the enforcement of HIPAA.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

After years of federal controversy and conjecture, the White House announced Monday that the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies (PHE) will end on May 11. As noted by Telehealth.org, other repercussions concerning licensure and HIPAA-compliance enforcement also will take immediate effect with the end of the PHE.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report urging more oversight of HIPAA regulations and CME telehealth. The OCR has an office in HHS and is responsible for protecting US citizens from discrimination and several other health-related agendas, including the enforcement of HIPAA.

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Mend

APRIL 4, 2023

As we head closer to the public health emergency (PHE) end date of May 11, 2023, providers must prepare for changes. This will enable them to invest in emerging technologies and adapt to the digital health landscape. As the PHE ends, it’s essential to know what is changing so you can prepare.

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Mend

MARCH 27, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been in place for three years. We help providers create a seamless virtual and in-person workflow, all while ensuring HIPAA compliance. The post The End Of The Public Health Emergency Part 1 – Permanent Medicare Changes and Their Effects appeared first on Mend.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced on Tuesday that during the coronavirus pandemic it will use discretion when enforcing HIPAA-compliance for telehealth communications tools. " Wherever possible, providers should use telehealth tools from vendors that are HIPAA compliant and will enter into business-associate agreements, said OCR.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

.” Molly and I covered a lot of ground here , starting with the key forces shaping and accelerating virtual care across the continuum.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health. Accelerate digital health. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Help our children achieve their potential. Innovate long-term care. Advance academic medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

State laws and policies should also define consumer health data with the uniform language defined as protected health information under HIPAA, the group said in its announcement this week. Earlier this year, ATA and ATA Action led a groundswell of commentary on the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Mark LaRow, CEO at Verato. While the federal government has relaxed some patient privacy rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic, there are still avoidable mistakes healthcare professionals make when it comes to protecting patient data.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The “concerned” aspect of the tech-embrace in health care means consumers are also keen to have privacy data protections and procedures in place to prevent their PHI from traveling outside of trusted health care circles. The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S. Part of re-building U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The addition of Integrated Zoom virtual visits enables mental health providers to expand treatment options for vulnerable patients, including those with moderate-to-severe mental health conditions where patients may not have the ability to leave their homes, according to the company's announcement. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The “concerned” aspect of the tech-embrace in health care means consumers are also keen to have privacy data protections and procedures in place to prevent their PHI from traveling outside of trusted health care circles. ” The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

When it comes to sharing data, patients are most comfortable doing it for reasons related to treatment (71%) as compared to payment (39%), operations (28%), or public health (23%).

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 8, 2023

The company’s offering is announced amidst the unwinding of the public health emergency, which had allowed for the continuous enrollment of members. Angel’s engagement captures members’ household information updates, such as mailing address, employment, income, health, and risk status.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2020

The Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared that they would allow the use of telehealth technologies to communicate with patients during the nationwide public health emergency that may not fully comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

Years ago, the Harvard Privacy Project led by Latanya Sweeney at the time had addressed privacy as, “the sword and the shield of public health.”

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Yet these aspects of data privacy (and others) are central to the needed trust bridge between patients and the health care providers, clinicians, researchers, and teams that are meant to have peoples’ best interests in bolstering their health, and more broadly community and public health. adults in the COVID-era.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

The third chart bolsters a fact we know-we-know about patients’ faith in health care providers as trusted data stewards : that is that apps recommended by doctors and hospitals more likely make patients feel more comfortable about using them than digital tools not vetted by a trusted source. One pillar of that trust is privacy.

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American Well

APRIL 24, 2020

With good intentions, we’re seeing some organizations move to implement the lowest-cost and easiest-to-implement platform they can find, including free — and non-HIPAA-compliant — web-based videoconferencing tools. These tools became an option for health systems and other providers when the U.S.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Results are promptly delivered online in a secure, HIPAA-compliant, and most importantly, easy-to-understand way. Once the test results have been received, all INDICAID health patients can – at no extra cost – connect virtually with a board-certified healthcare provider who can give guidance and treatment options.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services indicated that it would waive penalties for good faith use of non-HIPAA compliant video conferencing software during the nationwide public health emergency."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2019

The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services has to cope with a very serious tuberculosis problem. To help overcome the challenges it faced with directly observed therapy, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services turned to a healthcare technology from emocha Mobile Health. THE PROBLEM.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

The ultimate objective is to authorize telemedicine practices under conditions that align with public health and safety and provide adequate controls against drug diversion. Get up to date on inter-jurisdictional practice, privacy, HIPAA, referrals, risk management, duty to warn, the duty to report, termination, and much more!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 8, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services once again (for the ninth time) extended the public health emergency this past month , stretching it beyond mid-July. But sooner or later, that provision of the Public Health Service Act will draw to a close. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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E-CareManagement

JUNE 27, 2021

Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Hoarding data is not only bad for business but can be catastrophic in a crisis.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MAY 11, 2023

The ultimate objective is to authorize telemedicine practices under conditions that align with public health and safety and provide adequate controls against drug diversion. Get up to date on inter-jurisdictional practice, privacy, HIPAA, referrals, risk management, duty to warn, the duty to report, termination, and much more!

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2023

Read more… Environmental Health Surveillance Enhances Public Health. One key to boosting adoption is low-code development, which lets end users without programming expertise create automations. Read more… 3 Things That Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level.

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E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. Hoarding data is not only bad for business but can be catastrophic in a crisis.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The impact of obesity is a significant burden on the healthcare system and a major public health challenge. RPM provides an invaluable tool for individuals to monitor their health and help improve their outcomes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 42.4%

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