MedTrainer

MAY 4, 2023

The end of the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) will reinstate regulations that have been absent for years… and many healthcare workers have never had to follow. There are plenty of compliance implications for the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023 , and an assessment is a great place to start.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 17, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent coronavirus outbreak, otherwise known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) , a public health emergency of international concern. On March 11, WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, detected in 114 countries around the globe as of that date.¹.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 14, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity and Coordination Center (HC3) has compiled a profile of the FIN11 threat group (TA505/Lace Tempest/Hive0065) which is known to target organizations in the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector. FIN11 also targeted HPH sector organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2020

The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020. Fully one-third of patients starting using each of these 3 telehealth modalities during COVID-19. and the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

These technology enhancements should allow for the provision of mental health services and substance use disorder treatment to more than 75,000 Massachusetts health center patients through the use of remote patient monitoring, video visits and other connected services. "Many of us already knew about the health inequities.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Then, COVID-19 emerged as a pandemic the world over, and the move to Brussels in January 2020 was quite short-lived. The United States is currently considered a “red zone” — a country at high-risk for COVID transmission. citizenship. and the E.U.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A warning has been issued to the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector about an ongoing Monkeypox phishing campaign targeting U.S. Monkeypox and COVID-19-related phishing campaigns have a high success rate as there is considerable interest in the outbreak and concern about infections.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The ministry collaborated with the Health Development Policy Agency and the Data and Information Center to put up the said portal, which provides access to information including those related to COVID-19 and national surveys like the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey, Basic Health Research and Health Facilities Research.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The service, called Amazon Care, is available via a downloadable app to office workers and to warehouse employees. Users in the greater Seattle area can also access in-person care – including a COVID-19 test – or have prescription medications delivered. All fees associated with COVID-19 will be waived.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Through the VA's Center for Strategic Partnerships, the agency is working with Apple to enhance the platform and optimize telehealth experience for veterans and their caregivers, according to the VA – which notes that the devices will also give patients the ability to view and download their own medical data using the Health Records app.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Public health in particular can leverage telehealth to great advantage. Whether wireless or fiber, the bandwidth needs to be synchronous, meaning equal download and upload speeds, and have enough capacity to facilitate multiple video streams. A framework for tactical action. After the dream comes work.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. let’s ensure health data access and equity by design as we collaborate to emerge stronger, healthier, and a more loving community in the wake of the public health crisis.

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Medisys Compliance

MAY 17, 2022

Role of Telehealth During COVID-19. Telehealth has proved to be an effective option to fight the outbreak of COVID-19. Telehealth services played a major role in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling diseases during the COVID-19 outbreak. Case-based teleconferencing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4 Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs.

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MedTrainer

JULY 28, 2023

By conducting audits and evaluations, the HHS-OIG promotes accountability and transparency while protecting the integrity of these federally funded health programs. Download “Compliance Reports You Can’t Live Without” for OIG reporting templates and tips. What Prompts an OIG Inspection? Response to Emergencies or Outbreaks.

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Healthcare Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

The FQHC served predominantly low-income individuals [3] including Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and offered telehealth services to its patients through a telehealth application, which could be downloaded onto a smartphone. . OIG Analysis. The Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

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Exeed Regulatory Compliance

MARCH 5, 2020

A novel coronavirus, now called SARS-CoV-19, was first detected in the Hubei province of China in early December 2019. Travel is being restricted, large scale public events are likely to be cancelled, and schools and businesses may be closed to contain the spread of the virus. There is now an FDA policy released on 29 Feb.

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AIHC

APRIL 25, 2022

Are providers and professionals allowed to download mobile applications to mobile devices? During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), many states waived this requirement or provided specific exceptions. But due to COVID and the PHE, temporary policies allow this modality to deliver some services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

All Yale New Haven Health entities are on a single instance of the Epic EHR that spans Connecticut into western Rhode Island and Westchester County, New York. The health system has developed tele-stroke, tele-ICU and on-demand video visit programs. Scott Sussman, physician executive director telehealth at Yale New Haven Health.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, COVID-19 surges accelerated widespread telehealth adoption, as many couldn't leave their homes or were not comfortable coming to a doctor's office. With this, the health system saw many hospitals experience strains in their ability to accommodate the volume of patients needing care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This funding record (“already” before year-end, tallied by the third quarter as Rock Health notes) was driven by “mega”-deals accelerated during the public health crisis of COVID-19. based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4 billion in 2020… so far. This is $1.2 This is $1.2

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2021

I’ve explored the mine of insights the GWI team has unearthed for the new year, and will focus on one that has fast-grown as the converging forces of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recession and household financial downturn, and rising anxiety for social and civil justice have, together, wreaked havoc on our mental and behavioral health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Ankit Gupta, Founder and CEO at Bicycle Health The opioid epidemic is the most acute and urgent public health crisis in America. Instead, patients will start to see consumer-grade tools that make it easy to download, register, book and conduct visits – all fully integrated into major EMRs. Their role will depend on it.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 21, 2022

government was engaged in a war of its own, fighting COVID-19 (or trying to, anyways, depending on who you ask). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency designed to enhance the well-being of Americans, spent much time and resources navigating this public health crisis. .

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a threat brief providing information on the cyber organizations of the Russian Intelligence Services which pose a threat to organizations in the United States, including the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The ICH Q9(R1) training presentations are available for download and can be found on the ICH Q9(R1) Expert Working Group (EWG) webpage in the ICH Training Library. In Australia, medicines and chemicals are classified into schedules according to the level of regulatory control required to protect public health and safety.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

CMS clarifies COVID-related LTC survey process. Federal vaccine mandate countdown for unvaccinated health care workers begins. HHS falling short in handling public health crises, GAO says. Alabama sees decrease in positive COVID-19 tests. Alabama hospitals react to COVID relief funds approval.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2020

One in two Americans trust the Centers for Disease Control for the facts on the coronavirus pandemic, and 43% trust the World Health Organization. But there’s a huge trust deficit when it comes to trusting President Donald Trump on the facts about COVID-19, a poll from Morning Consult and The Hollywood Reporter found.

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Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 24, 2022

As a follow-on to our post last year about remote (Zoom) depositions), we received a suggestion that we examine MDL orders to see how they have been handling remote deposition procedure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous MDLs have entered orders authorizing remote depositions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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