Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2023

" The Colorado-based healthcare provider noted that electronic medical records and email systems were not part of the breach, but "some of UCHealth’s patient, provider or employee data may have been included in this incident."

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2020

When many of us started in healthcare IT, it was before the days of pervasive Electronic Medical Records. Data Processing was used to print up massive reports so that residents and doctors could accomplish their daily tasks. The largest employer in Kansas City wasn’t Cerner. Paper ruled the day in hospitals.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Unlike EMRs , requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Evolution of Doctors’ Tools. Today, the most impactful tools used by medical professionals would be their pen and the scalpel. The pen started to evolve to a keyboard about 40 years ago as EMRs (Electronic Medical Records) started to emerge. Doctors actively, viscerally, volubly hate their computers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Jignesh Bhuta, Chief Operating Officer of Smartfuture first presented his startup's patient app and doctor portal. Once the patient has recorded their vitals using either video or picture format, the information will be stored in both the patient app and the doctor portal. Smartfuture's white-label telehealth platform.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

RPM for real-world evidence collection : Standardise data collected through RPM devices and mobile apps that record patient-reported outcomes. Doctor-to-doctor communication : Doctor-patient communication, information exchange, and integration with electronic medical records (EMRs) are expected to be game-changers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

IMC will reportedly first focus on developing its Virtual Clinic – a service offered by STC for patients and medical professionals. Meanwhile, early this year, IMC went live with its unified electronic medical record (EMR) by InterSystems. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 10, 2022

They wanna use their sort of centralized platform if they have electronic medical records," he mentioned. "That means the doctors are on board, it's written in their job descriptions. [It's "Healthcare professionals do not want any more platforms to manage. Decentralised healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2022

In a future where precision medicine has become the standard model of care, your doctor is armed with your individual “dataome,” your body’s biological blueprint combined with your total medical history. Making this data accessible to doctors will not only save money and time, but also lives.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 13, 2021

And when Cutitta finally told a doctor how he felt, the provider responded that he, too, was lonely: He was an oncologist who yearned to be able to hold his patients' hands. For instance, he said, "electronic medical records are great – if people read them."

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Bruce Bassi, Advisory Board Member at CharmHealth Most patients have almost certainly received an invitation to join their electronic medical record communication system, or portal for their particular doctor’s office. Why Is Patient Portal Usability So Important?

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 1, 2018

Prosecutors said that Dr. Montaña violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by sharing electronic medical records and prescription forms with representatives of Aegerion in 2013 without patient permission. The Alleged HIPAA Privacy Violations.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 8, 2023

Asante, an Oregon-based health system with three hospitals and more than 30 primary care facilities, has started notifying certain patients that their medical records have been accessed by a local doctor who had no treatment relationship with the patients.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

For example, a doctor uses their digital identity to log into a patient’s medical record. HIPAA encourages the use of electronic medical records and includes standards for protecting PHI. Over the last couple decades, we’ve seen the electronic medical record (EMR) transform data storage for HDOs.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. " Saiyed said.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 22, 2024

An example is knowingly billing for services a doctor hasn’t provided. Waste refers to the overuse of medical services, resulting in unnecessary expenses. For example, a doctor might order an expensive diagnostic test when a less costly but equally effective test exists. Waste is not always intentional.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 1, 2023

"As a doctor, I’ve seen firsthand that patients want to be healthy but lack the time, tools or resources to effectively manage their care," Ayogu said.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2023

Patients can use the devices to check their medication, read about their doctors, and even order their meals, freeing the staff to focus on medical care. Wearable medical devices can monitor vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure, and health monitors can help with remote care.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2022

Who among us hasn’t experienced the frustration of an automated phone menu when calling for a doctor’s appointment or shouted “representative!” Most consumers have their minds made up about automated phone agents, and not too many people like them. into our phones after hitting a breaking point?

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2019

Imagine for a second: you’re walking through the busy halls of your local hospital, only to notice that the doctors and nurses around you are constantly checking their phones and tablets. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joe Tuan, founder, TopFlight Apps.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It is designed to promote mobility and sharing of point-of-care medical data and information captured in a hospital’s electronic medical record and patient portals or from third-party medical devices while adhering to strict security standards for health information. “At

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Medisys Compliance

JANUARY 3, 2023

When it comes to the way they choose to employ to pay their patient medical costs, your patients are accustomed to having options. When they go to the doctor’s office, they find nothing more aggravating than being told they can only pay with cash or a check. Make sure you accept a variety of payment methods.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

A person lives with diabetes 365 days a year, not just once every three months when they visit their doctor. Consider Remote Patient Monitoring for chronic disease management.

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MedTrainer

MAY 17, 2022

If you’re a doctor, care provider, or work in other hospital administrative fields, then you’re probably asking yourself: how can software be used in healthcare? Well, here are just a few of the important things to give you a general understanding: Doctor Recommendations. Medical and Family History. Medical Charts.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

17 breaches of 10,000 or more records were reported to OCR in November, five of which involved more than half a million records and three incidents involved the impermissible disclosure of more than 1 million records. The records of 2,216,365 patients were exposed and potentially stolen. Doctors’ Center Hospital.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Similarly, automating patient data directly into electronic medical records can allow physicians, nurses, and other staff to spend less time updating information into computers, reducing administrative burdens. Leveraging AI can enable faster scans and shorter wait times while eliminating unnecessary manual work.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

doctors are using digital health tools in patient care, with quickening adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technology, according to a study from the American Medical Association (AMA). This survey, conducted in 2019 among 1,359 U.S. This survey, conducted in 2019 among 1,359 U.S.

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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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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. We can own a Durable Medical Equipment store, see our own doctor, or go and have a test done at a medical facility. Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law. What’s the difference between HIPAA and HITECH? Patient information is everywhere.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2023

Clinical protocols improve the quality of clinical decisions by offering explicit recommendations for clinicians who are uncertain about how to proceed, overturning the beliefs of doctors accustomed to outdated practices, and providing evidence-based recommendations that reassure practitioners about the appropriateness of their treatment policies.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

We weren’t surprised to note that younger patients took advantage of retail clinics and other on-demand channels for health care, older people, too, have been willing to use sites other than doctor’s offices and hospital clinics to receive health care services.

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Health Blawg

JULY 2, 2018

The first two codes to come out of committee – one for remote monitoring, and one for physician-to-physician consultation over an electronic medical record – have gone through the CPT editorial panel and are now at the point where the relevant committee needs to assign monetary values to them.

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Health Blawg

JULY 2, 2018

The first two codes to come out of committee – one for remote monitoring, and one for physician-to-physician consultation over an electronic medical record – have gone through the CPT editorial panel and are now at the point where the relevant committee needs to assign monetary values to them.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. We can own a Durable Medical Equipment store, see our own doctor, or go and have a test done at a medical facility. Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law. What’s the difference between HIPAA and HITECH? Patient information is everywhere.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 31, 2023

Electronic medical records (EMR) have become the norm as the healthcare industry continues to digitize. However, sharing medical records electronically comes with risks, primarily if the records are not handled securely. Enables healthcare providers to access patient information quickly and easily.

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Health Blawg

JULY 2, 2018

The first two codes to come out of committee – one for remote monitoring, and one for physician-to-physician consultation over an electronic medical record – have gone through the CPT editorial panel and are now at the point where the relevant committee needs to assign monetary values to them.

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