Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Sponsor: LG Electronics Primary topic: Telehealth Topic: Telehealth Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: How healthcare providers are adapting in the era of telehealth, and why radiology was uniquely suited to go hybrid Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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. healthcare providers that attempts to steal Outlook, Office 365, and other email credentials. Monkeypox is a highly contagious viral disease caused by a virus from the same family as smallpox. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been almost 66,000 cases diagnosed globally in the current outbreak, and more than 25,100 case

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced it has collaborated with Accenture and Microsoft over the last 12 months to help develop and refine MSK Telemedicine. MSK Telemedicine was created to provide patients access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future, allows MSK patients and families to virtually interact with their entire care team, seamlessly replicating an in-clinic visit. – With the combined resources of Accenture,

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Total HIPAA

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re a Covered Entity or someone who is affected by HIPAA laws and regulations, you know as well as anyone that a data breach can have serious repercussions on your organization. From client trust and financial consequences to legal ramifications, a breach of data is no laughing matter. To illustrate the importance of a quick breach response, let’s get into some details about a recent case from a medical center in Oklahoma, and what it has to do with you.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued a warning about a recently discovered vulnerability that affects certain Medtronic insulin pumps. The flaw could be exploited by a malicious actor to manipulate patients’ insulin doses, resulting in too much or too little insulin being delivered.

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Symplr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The symplr Executive Customer Council (ECC) convened again in September to share strategy and product roadmap insights. Kristin Russel, symplr’s chief marketing officer, led the lively discussion on cost-control strategies for health systems, with members weighing in on options to counteract pressurized margins. Rising costs remain top of mind in healthcare operations, and the leaders in attendance—CIOs, CNOs, CFOs, and vice presidents of health systems—shared the operational and technological s

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Guy's Cancer and Careology are teaming up to advance cancer care with the development of a new digital platform for cancer patients and their care teams.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set). This is a big change from the requirement to share USCDI. While we’ve known about this deadline for years, it’s not too surprising that many healthcare organizations aren’t ready for it.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Federated Data Platform has become a somewhat buzz term in the last year or so. Vishal Marria, CEO at Quantexa, looks at what role they could play.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The JMIR study found themes like cost, functionality, progress tracking and educational content were important to consumers.

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Becker's Health IT

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

With hospital data breaches and ransomware attacks happening with alarming regularity, cybersecurity is a big area of concern for health systems. But it's not always the most straightforward topic to understand.

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Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare practitioners to find new ways to deliver quality medical care to patients in remote settings. Dentistry also embraced the concept of telehealth with teledentistry solutions designed to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and create more convenience for patients and dental staff. The market has many options for telehealth services, but which one is right for you?

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Incident reports are a multi-step process that can be time-consuming. At MedTrainer, our goal is to help you use technology to ease that burden. Let’s talk about how. Step One: Escalation. The future of an Incident Report lies in resolution or escalation which requires communicating with various staff members. We want to cut down on the time you have to spend resolving these reports by automating notifications based on the type of incident. .

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Researchers from the University of East Anglia have developed new technology using MRI that could speed up the rate of diagnosis for heart failure patients.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

By Sarah Gabriele. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has had an impact and influence far beyond U.S. borders, with right-wing politicians in Italy campaigning on stricter abortion laws in the recent election of September 25, 2022. And now that the far right has reached the majority in both the Italian Parliament and Senate, access to abortion in Italy could soon face additional restrictions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. David Gray When President Joe Biden recently declared on national television that “the pandemic is over,” he offered a glimpse into the strategy his administration will be using on COVID-19 going for

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Compliance Now

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

By: Lee Spiegel, Director, Compliance, MZQ Consulting. The October 14, 2022 deadline by which plan sponsors that offer prescription drug coverage to provide notices of creditable or non-creditable coverage to Medicare-eligible individuals is fast approaching. Coverage that is deemed creditable is expected to cover, on average, at least as much as the standard Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, whereas non-creditable coverage falls below this threshold.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

What You Should Know: – AGS Health , a revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions provider and strategic growth partner to some of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S., announces the launch of the AGS AI Platform , a connected solution that blends artificial intelligence (AI) and automation with award-winning human-in-the-loop services and expert support to maximize revenue cycle performance. – The platform allows healthcare organizations to gain enhanced visibility into day-to

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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