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Know When to Hold ’em: The Legal Considerations for Healthcare Information Technology Data Retention and Purging

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. Purging Guidelines & Criteria HIPAA privacy rules do not address medical record retention requirements, and the guidelines from several states and the federal government are ambiguous at best.

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How to Address Security Issues in IoT Devices – Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

Cyber resiliency is an important aspect of healthcare information technology and focuses on the ability of systems to withstand, recover and adapt to different types of failures, threats, and attacks. To address the growing cybersecurity risks in IoT devices, governments around the world have introduced several legislations.

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3 Compelling Reasons — Beyond the Law — to Expand Consumer Access to Personal Records

HIT Consultant

These safeguards become even more demanding as consumers and government agencies call for increased transparency and access to personal data. Healthcare is no exception. Do we have a data governance team in place, and is it effective? Businesses should ask: Do we need one person to oversee our approach to data management?

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What will be the impact of COVID-19 on the next wave of health IT innovation?

Healthcare It News

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of all kinds of healthcare information technology, from telehealth to artificial intelligence. Crunchbase estimates that healthcare technology companies have raised a record-breaking $36.6 billion globally from 2020 through October 2021.

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For 2023, patient experience, 'smarter' analytics and data-driven medicine

Healthcare It News

Matthew Gitelis, CEO of PatientIQ, a health IT company deriving insights from patient-reported outcomes data, has some thoughts about healthcare information technology in 2023. For one, that patient experience will be king in the year ahead.

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Driving Innovation in Healthcare: How an Ecosystem Approach to IoMT has the Potential to Transform Patient Care and Cost Management

Healthcare IT Today

The next key step is to ensure you have the appropriate architecture and clear governance of what data is stored where, how it is used, and who has access to it. A multidisciplinary team with representation across IT and clinical departments is critical to identify opportunities within the health system to drive improved outcomes.

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Navigating the intersections of population health and precision medicine

Healthcare It News

In this article I will look at some of these connections, and some solutions we already have in healthcare IT to take advantage of the opportunities in them. Please stay tuned… Sam Hanna is executive-in-residence and associate dean of healthcare management, technology and innovation at American University. health system.

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