Amazon adds to its list of HIPAA-eligible machine learning tools
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Transcribe will now be HIPAA eligible.
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Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Transcribe will now be HIPAA eligible.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
All practices must comply with HIPAA, as well as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Technology plays a crucial role in HIPAA-compliant communication for behavioral health. Embracing Secure EHR Software and Patient Portal Effective EHR software helps ensure HIPAA-compliant interactions.
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FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
OCR lifts HIPAA fines for use of COVID-19 vaccine scheduling tools. Tue, 02/23/2021 - 14:12.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
It’s safe to assume that securing protected healthcare information (PHI) would be a top priority for healthcare IT and security professionals, even if HIPAA didn’t require it. In the healthcare industry, HIPAA provides an additional layer of risk management complexity. That offshore support can still be HIPAA compliant.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 15, 2022
Department of Health and Human Services has issued new guidance describing how HIPAA covered entities can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD. Pino, in a statement.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 20, 2023
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed. Up to now, HIPAA-compliant data security and generative AI haven’t gone hand-in-hand as AI is trained on large datasets centrally and often by third parties.
Mobi Health News
JULY 21, 2023
The agencies contacted 130 health systems and telehealth providers by mail to emphasize the potential HIPAA risks of using Meta/Facebook pixel and Google Analytics tracking tools that may be "impermissibly disclosing" protected health information.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JANUARY 4, 2023
Responsible clinicians are likely to ask whether sharing protected health information (PHI) by telehealth companies equates to violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Key aspects of HIPAA that might be relevant include: HIPAA requires covered entities (e.g., Clash of the Titans?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JUNE 7, 2023
If you, as a behavioral health professional, violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), you must follow certain obligations and procedures to rectify the situation. Below then, is a suggested list of steps for a practitioner who wonders, “What Happens if you violate HIPAA?”
Telebehavioral Health Institute
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Using cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies on healthcare websites raises concerns about protecting personal health information and compliance with HIPAA. HIPAA is a federal law that sets forth requirements for covered entities, including healthcare providers, health plans, and business associates.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 5, 2019
Amazon announced Thursday that its voice assistant technology Alexa now has medical skills that are HIPAA-compliant, signaling the company's ongoing push into healthcare technology.
Digital Health Global
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Working together, Hint and Dock share a mission to deliver relief to care teams from unnecessary administrative burden, inefficient processes, and the lack of collaboration tools that healthcare needs – powering the direct care industry. Michael Docktor, CEO and co-founder of Dock Health. “I
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 11, 2020
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. It is unclear whether patients without access to broadband , smartphones or other webcams can also seek care through athenaTelehealth.
VSee
MARCH 22, 2019
Special thanks today for our guest post on HIPAA compliance by Alex Mitchell — cybersecurity enthusiast, WordPress guru, and data-safety tools tester with over 10 years experience. Who Must Comply With HIPAA If you’re not familiar with HIPAA it stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
HIPAA Compliant Video Conferencing Telehealth is growing rapidly as more healthcare providers are choosing to treat patients virtually. Utilizing video conferencing tools allows providers to treat patients that they would normally be unable to treat due to their geographic location. … Read more.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Two health systems have become the latest healthcare organizations to name a web tracking tool created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as responsible for their data breach. This comes as the social media giant faces a growing number of lawsuits alleging that the tool improperly collects and sells sensitive patient health information.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 24, 2023
Cerebral’s investigation concluded that the data might be considered protected health information and that it had failed to make sure that these third parties met HIPAA requirements for protecting PHI. Its leaders found that the tracking technology used to mine user data had disclosed information to third parties and subcontractors.
Mend
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. Keeping PHI secure is the main goal of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA protects patients by limiting who can access PHI, when they can access it, and how they use it.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals Online appointment scheduling tools are a convenient way for patients to book appointments. The post HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals Online appointment scheduling tools are a convenient way for patients to book appointments. The post HIPAA Compliant Appointment Scheduling for Mental Health Professionals appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires healthcare organizations, including doctors, to maintain the privacy and security of patient data. A practical HIPAA compliance checklist is essential to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations. What Is HIPAA Compliance?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
Would Your Organization Pass a HIPAA Quiz? When it comes to assessing your HIPAA compliance, tools exist to help you find out where your behavioral health practice stands. The post HIPAA Quiz appeared first on TBH Institute Blog. HHS has a free risk assessment toolkit that you can use, … Read more.
Health Populi
JUNE 10, 2021
.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. This week, Ken Mandl and Eric Perakslis co-wrote an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine on HIPAA and the “leak of ‘deidentified’ EHR data.”
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JANUARY 12, 2023
This article is focused on helping the busy clinician understand the demand for digital patient engagement tools to recruit and retain potential healthcare referrals or to retain existing clients and patients. What Are The Best Digital Patient Engagement Tools To Used for Digital Healthcare Marketing? Telepractice Marketing.
Digital Health Global
JANUARY 29, 2024
Founded by Mint.com creator Aaron Patzer (@apatzer) and Emergency Physician Dr. Justin Schrager, Vital is a HIPAA-compliant cloud-based experience layer that integrates with any electronic health record system. For more information, please visit vital.io or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 2, 2019
The new HIPAA-compliant tool will be able to capture physician dictation or doctor-patient conversations.
TheraNest
AUGUST 19, 2019
Your clients need to feel a certain level of trust to benefit from your services, and a good part of this trust comes from knowing that the information they give you is safe and HIPAA compliant. . If any of these communications contain client information, then they should be secure and HIPAA compliant. But what does this mean exactly?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 23, 2021
"These tools have supported improvement in efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of patient care." Back at Geisinger, Fisne said another lesson they learned was how key collaborative IT tools can be, and how they easily could be used post-pandemic. " Collaborative IT.
Health Blawg
JANUARY 16, 2019
HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.
Health Blawg
JANUARY 16, 2019
HIPAA, everyone’s favorite scapegoat for all (OK, most) of the ills of the modern healthcare-industrial complex, is perpetually called out as being in dire need of a rewrite. The HIPAA RFI came next. A digression: As the health wonks and policy nerds reading this are already aware, HIPAA is a horse of a different color.
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. WHY IT MATTERS. and Google G Suite Hangouts Meet.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Within the Osmind EHR, clinicians can access a suite of digital tools to meet high-patient demand, like progress monitoring and journaling tools. "As clinicians, we have a professional obligation to only use telehealth platforms that are HIPAA-compliant," she added. WHY IT MATTERS.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 13, 2023
Like many technology companies and healthcare providers , between October 2019 to January 2023 Cerebral used pixel tracking technologies, according to the company's Notice of HIPAA Privacy Breach. It also is advising those affected to monitor credit statements and change Cerebral account passwords.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Cassidy in a Thursday letter that painted HHS' recent policy regarding the technologies as an overstep of HIPAA.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 17, 2021
Wearables and other remote patient monitoring tools have expanded patient care beyond the walls of brick-and-mortar clinics. Pritts noted that HIPAA is quite broad – but it doesn't apply to the entirety of health IoT. Fitness trackers, meanwhile, are a gray area.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 14, 2024
Subsequent statements and social media posts, summarized nicely here by Brendan Keeler, indicate the shut-off occurred in response to Particle Health users requesting data without having a legitimate Treatment use case as defined by HIPAA. Product News Virtual nursing vendor AvaSure updated its analytics platform with Microsoft PowerBI tools.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Amazon Web Services is rolling out a new tool designed to make it simpler for healthcare organizations to work with their data. Amazon HealthLake, which AWS describes as “HIPAA-eligible,” was launched during Amazon’s annual re:Invent conference.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 27, 2023
HIPAA includes a requirement for MINIMUM NECESSARY ACCESS. Everyone knows that HIPAA requires patient information to be kept private and not shared with friends, family members, or anyone else without the patient’s authorization. HIPAA requires that computer activity logs be reviewed to identify unauthorized or inappropriate access.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.
DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring
DECEMBER 22, 2022
When it comes to healthcare and patient monitoring, there are more tools available, and they have gotten a lot easier to use. In this article, we will provide some tips for choosing the right RPM tool for your clinic or hospital. It’s important to choose a tool that is designed to meet the specific needs of your patients.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Do read this entire report if you have any role to play with health IT and building consumer trust with their personal electronic records as well as growing adoption of digital health tools (including apps, wearable tech, and remote health monitoring devices) in and beyond the pandemic.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
As the senators noted in press statements, at more than 25 years old, HIPAA covers patient-doctor interactions but does not typically protect health data patients record on those tools – potentially putting the information at risk. "HIPAA must be updated for the modern day. And the U.S. ON THE RECORD.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 18, 2024
Shippy points out that once you go into the cloud, you have these “tools at your fingerprints.” Shippy also reassures viewers that they can get HIPAA-compliant cloud repositories and that “we walk them through” how to create a secure network.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The report calls out one big barrier to early adoption especially among hospitals and physicians: concerns about privacy and HIPAA compliance. The use cases for health care must wrestle with HIPAA and other privacy laws that may be relevant for a particular medical situation or patient population.
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