Healthcare Dive

JULY 12, 2022

On Tuesday, abortion became temporarily legal again in Louisiana after a Baton Rouge judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the state’s trigger ban law.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2022

Health inequity is the result of the behavior of people. It is not the result of anything natural. It involves structural inequalities in the delivery of care – inequalities that are avoidable. Trying to correct health inequity is part of the job for Toni Land, head of clinical healthcare experience at Medallia, a patient and customer experience management company.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 12, 2022

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter to providers Monday that said federal law "protects" clinical judgment providers may take in treating pregnant patients.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 12, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 12, 2022

This year’s trajectory suggests overall funding will fall significantly short of last year’s, as investor confidence is shaken by global conflict and inflation concerns, according to a Rock Health report.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2022

The Rock Health report found U.S. digital health startups raised $10.3 billion in the first half of 2022, putting the year on track to fall short of 2021. But there are some bright spots for the sector.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 12, 2022

On Friday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced that a probe has been initiated to determine how data brokers and health app companies are collecting and selling individuals’ personal reproductive health data. The probe was initiated as a result of the SCOTUS decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, as members of the committee were concerned that the personal data of individuals seeking reproductive healthcare services may be misused.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 12, 2022

Reductions in the rate of harm to patients were statistically significant, but researchers in an accompanying editorial warned that adverse event rates are still too high.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2022

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/15 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Dr. Melissa Urrea from @naviHealthPAC on the topic “ Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Senior Population. ”. In this week’s #HITsm chat, naviHealth Executive Medical Director Dr.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 12, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, Eko , a digital health company advancing heart and lung disease detection, has announced the FDA has issued clearance for its Eko Murmur Analysis Software (EMAS), the first and only machine learning algorithm to screen for valvular heart disease (VHD). – The next generation of Eko’s murmur detection capabilities grants Eko the first and only smart stethoscope on the market that can identify and differentiate, between innocent and structural, heart murmu

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Total HIPAA

JULY 12, 2022

Whether you’re working from home, your local coffee shop, or from the airport between layovers, you will likely need to connect to your organization’s network. A public or personal Wi-Fi network is available, but is it secure enough? That really depends on the security built into the sites you’re visiting. What are the risks of using public Wi-Fi to connect to your organization’s network?

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HIT Consultant

JULY 12, 2022

Gene therapy is making a world where cancer and AIDS can be cured, and a person can alter their genetic makeup, changing the direction of their own and their offspring’s evolution in the process. However, the effects of gene therapy are long-lasting, and may impact both your and the health of your future children. What Is Gene Therapy? Utilizing a gene or genes to treat or cure a disease or medical condition is known as gene therapy.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 12, 2022

Montana-based Associated Eye Care Providers (AEC) has recently started notifying patients that their private health information was compromised in a data breach at a business associate that was detected in early December 2020. The data breach in question occurred at Netgain Technologies, which provided managed IT services to many organizations in the healthcare sector.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 12, 2022

Harsha Panyadahundi, Chief Technology Officer at Sharecare. What You Should Know: – Sharecare appoints Harsha Panyadahundi has been named chief technology officer to further the company’s goals to accelerate growth and create greater value for customers and shareholders. Harsha brings a purpose- and results-driven approach to his new role overseeing all engineering and technology development and operations across Sharecare. – Harsha joins Sharecare from Wolters Kluwer, where he led t

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2022

The annual Esri User Conference offers a unique opportunity to see how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been deployed to solve complex problems. A central theme so far at this year’s conference is how GIS literally provides a “common ground” upon which disparate data can be brought together – anchored by location/geography. Several interesting healthcare related use-cases were highlighted including: mapping how medical aid was being distributed, mapping accident locations in a city, and

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Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2022

Health2Sync has upgraded its patient management platform to identify patients' CKD risk levels.

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Digital Health News

JULY 12, 2022

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has formed a partnership with System C for a new electronic patient record.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2022

This marks the urinalysis and wound-care company's third 510(k) clearance.

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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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Modern Healthcare

JULY 12, 2022

The court's definition of the 'major questions' doctrine leaves healthcare rules in an uncertain state.

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Digital Health News

JULY 12, 2022

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is improving outcomes for patients and urology surgeons by using 3D printed models.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2022

No doubt those of you in the world of health IT and interoperability saw the news that Epic plans to apply to join TEFCA as an inaugural QHIN (Qualified Health Information Network). This is big news for TEFCA since it’s largely a voluntary effort that isn’t pushed by some sort of stimulus money or penalties like many past government efforts.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 12, 2022

President Biden has signed an executive order that aims to protect access to reproductive healthcare services following the SCOTUS ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade , which gave women the constitutional right to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions almost 50 years ago. “These deeply private decisions should not be subject to government interference.

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Healthicity

JULY 12, 2022

Protecting PHI Through Physical Safeguards. Has your organization ever terminated an employee?

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Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2022

Health2Sync has upgraded its patient management platform to identify patients' CKD risk levels.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 12, 2022

A ransomware attack on a finance company has affected more than 600 healthcare organizations. The company is an accounts receivable management company that provides assistance to various organizations including healthcare providers. On February 26, 2022, the company detected and stopped a sophisticated ransomware attack in which an unauthorized third party accessed and disabled some of their computer systems.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 12, 2022

Eric G Piasick D.M.D. has used Compliancy Group’s proprietary HIPAA methodology and has been confirmed as compliant with the HIPAA Rules and the HITECH Act. Dental practices are covered entities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and are required to achieve compliance with the regulatory standards of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Omnibus, and Breach Notification Rules and the HITECH Act.

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YouCompli

JULY 12, 2022

C.J. Wolf, MD provides enforcement action summaries for the YouCompli blog. These summaries provide real-world examples of regulators’ response to practices that don’t fully comply with regulations. This month’s article looks at telehealth actions. The COVID-19 pandemic opened the door to greater use of telehealth services, and healthcare providers and consumers walked through it.

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HealthIT Answers

JULY 12, 2022

Taking a break from who is hiring and who was hired, we rounded up some reading on the state of the healthcare workforce. Like many things in our lives for the past two years the pandemic has taken a toll on it. The healthcare workforce might be on the top of the list of disruption. This week we are focusing on healthcare reports and studies that talk about jobs, salaries, and compensation.

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American Medical Compliance

JULY 12, 2022

In the past months, there have been several data breaches at a variety of healthcare companies. These companies include hospitals and health systems. Even though online networks are typically prone to cybersecurity threats, the number of breaches in the healthcare industry have been notable. Kaiser Permanente Incident. On April 5th, a data breach incident occurred at the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington.

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HealthIT Answers

JULY 12, 2022

By Matt Fisher - Healthcare is experiencing a lot of turmoil over the best way to interact with patients and provide access to care. The tension centers around sticking to traditional models against going full steam into a fully technology-enabled world. The post Building New Healthcare Pathways appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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