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Editorial: Benefits of HIPAA for Healthcare Professionals

HIPAA Journal

It has been almost 27 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law, more than 2 decades since the Privacy Rule was enacted, and this February will be the 20 th anniversary of the HIPAA Security Rule.

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HIPAA and Online Reviews: What Your Practice Needs to Know

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

Online reviews can help patients gauge your communication skills, quality of care, or previous patient satisfaction. HIPAA Rules for Online Reviews While the consensus for most businesses is to publicly respond to online reviews, healthcare professionals are limited in what they can communicate in a public forum due to HIPAA.

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Imprivata Unveils Imprivata Biometric Patient Identity

HIT Consultant

A Transformative Solution Imprivata Biometric Patient Identity offers a unique approach to tackle these challenges: Accurate and efficient identification: This solution utilizes facial recognition technology to accurately identify patients, significantly reducing the risk of errors compared to traditional methods.

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Emory Healthcare and DrFirst partner on medication adherence

Healthcare It News

"Technology can help by making clinical data more usable, removing friction from workflows, which assists clinicians and patients to achieve better medication outcomes." " Emory Healthcare will also be implementing HIPAA-compliant automated patient messaging to electronic prescription alerts.

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The Rise of Chat in Healthcare and Remaining Concerns

Healthcare IT Today

with 45 outpatient offices employing more than 270 providers in North Carolina, recently adopted a hybrid chat solution as its ‘digital front door’ and achieved impressive results: Reduced call volume/abandoned call rate, improved patient satisfaction, reduced complaints, better quality control, and significant time savings.

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Greenway Health and Voyce Partner to Boost Health Equity

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Greenway Health , a leading health information technology services provider, announced its partnership with Voyce, a virtual, on-demand language interpretation service, to integrate seamlessly, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) compliant communication between patients and staff to improve patient (..)

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Enhancing Podiatry Billing with Podiatry Medical Billing Company

Medisys Compliance

Reduced Stress: Outsourcing podiatry medical billing can free up podiatrists’ time so that they can focus on providing patient care. Improved Patient Satisfaction: When podiatrists are not bogged down with billing and coding, they can spend more time with their patients. This can reduce stress and burnout.