Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is transforming its technology systems to create foundational change, says its chief modernization officer.

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Foster Swift

MARCH 3, 2021

On March 2, 2021, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (“MDHHS”) issued an Emergency Order that relaxes the visitation requirements for residential care facilities. Read More › Tags: Alerts and Updates , Health Care Reform , Hospice , Long-Term Care , News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Foster Swift

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As if COVID-19 wasn’t enough of a challenge for many struggling hospitals and health care systems, there is another growing threat they must guard against: cyberattacks. hospitals and health care providers. Read More › Tags: Cybersecurity , Electronic Health Records , Hospice , Hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' The centralized IT department is no longer relevant in today's environment. Region Tag: Global Edition. ' and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Imagine undergoing knee replacement surgery, coming into the emergency department for a cardiac arrest, or needing emergent imaging due to a stroke. Friend of the Pharmacist RFID relies on tiny tags smaller than postage stamps affixed to each medication container, kit, and tray.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 22, 2020

When coronavirus cases begin to grow in early spring, health systems were forced to pivot quickly – sometimes within a matter of days – to allocate scant resources and implement new technologies and workflows. " One problem, he said, is the technology hospitals use to record medication use around health systems.

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Foster Swift

JANUARY 25, 2021

As health care providers continue to face new challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important for providers to maintain compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). Read More › Tags: Compliance , Cybersecurity , Electronic Health Records , HIPAA.

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Foster Swift

JANUARY 11, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued two highly-anticipated final rules (collectively, the “Final Rule”) to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Physician Self-Referral Statute (“Stark”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”).

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Governments, private and public health care organisations are taking action after the learnings from the pandemic, to increase data quality and equality. Technologies and solutions like cloud, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), sensors, and mobile technology can help improve health outcomes.

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McBrayer Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Because the payment error rate was so high at a colossal 31%, Medicare-Severity Diagnosis Related Group ("MS-DRG") applicable entities must take note and prepare for a marked increase in Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") audits for these coding practices.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health."

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Foster Swift

OCTOBER 7, 2020

On October 6, 2020, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ("MDHHS") issued an emergency order (the "MDHHS Order") that retains many of the same requirements that apply to residential care facilities under the previously issued executive orders.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Paddy Padmanabhan When David Feinberg, head of Google Health, announced this past week that he was departing to take up the CEO role at the EHR company Cerner , media reports took it as an admission of defeat by Google in the campaign to win in the healthcare space. Google wasn't alone in making news.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News The future of healthcare: What 2022 could bring A look ahead at what the uptick in interest and usage of digital health will mean for the future of. The office.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

CMS has identified three (3) specific CoP tags for surveyors to cite, including: 42 C.F.R. While each of the cited examples is tragic, they all share a common thread – patients with severe behavioral health needs that likely exceed the capacity of a general acute care hospital. §482.13(c)(2) §482.15(d)(1)

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Moliehi “Mo” Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MRO Providers are witnessing an explosion in health plan requests for medical records. The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Remote monitoring tools and mobile health apps and services took center stage.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

Aaron Kaufman, EVP at Carenet Health. Even the dreaded trip to the DMV has gone digital , with most states having overhauled their motor vehicle departments to accept online reservations. By all accounts, the last two years have accelerated consumer adoption of digital tools for managing nearly every aspect of our lives.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 19, 2023

John Vivoda, Senior Director of Patient Strategy at Wolters Kluwer Health, Technology has drastically changed the way we consume information in our daily lives. Department of Education, 80 million people have low health literacy, with more than 65% of that group coming from minority communities. According to the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement AHRQ is helping the transition towards evidence-based recommendations to guide clinical decision-making that incorporates patients' needs and preferences. healthcare system needs to aspire to and is working towards.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. Video visits, infrared temperature sensors, mobile health, and wearables replace the need for clinic visits.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Women’s Health Connecticut experiences dramatic reduction in compliance workload by leveraging MedTrainer. Lakesha Rivera is the Director of Clinical Operations at Women’s Health Connecticut which spans 90 practices and has more than 250 providers. A Multifaceted Dilemma. It doesn’t have to be done over and over again.”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Government & Policy Population Health Telehealth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is funding new efforts to help counties and municipalities build high-speed broadband networks. Department of Commerce subsidizes in its $42.5 Craig Settles Every mile of broadband that the U.S.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This remains true, said researchers from the Department of Population Health Sciences and Policy, even after adjusting for age, comorbidities and preferred language. "While telehealth has many benefits, especially during a global pandemic, it may create and/or exacerbate health disparities," wrote the research team.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2021

The ultimate health and wellbeing of an adult depends on the factors that shape us when we are children. A new, deep report from the OECD, Measuring What Matters for Child Well-being and Policies , spells out the many domains of experience that, together, bolster our whole health as we grow from child to adult.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Perhaps departments of health can oversee chronic healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2023

To meet those demands, organizations should prioritize the creation of convenient digital-first environments that satisfy all parties involved in providing health care services. Customer Experience Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare The past couple of years have posed unprecedented struggles for customer care departments.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

The Oklahoma Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) initiated the investigation after a referral was received by the Oklahoma State Department of Health – Protective Health Services Long-Term Care regarding the report of a nursing home resident missing money from her room.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Handling patients’ protected health information is something healthcare providers do every day. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommends ten practices that anyone handling PHI needs to implement, the fourth of which is HIPAA data loss prevention. What is HIPAA Data Loss Prevention?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Those language barriers can discourage patients from making appointments and addressing their health concerns, as well as those of their children. “Parents who did not have paid time off or sick days could not afford to take a day off and address the health concerns of themselves and/or their children. THE PROBLEM.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte. One in two U.S. “Macy’s?” ” you ask.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 18, 2022

Demonstrating their continued focus on right of access violations, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced 11 settlements and one HIPAA fine for medical practices across a wide variety of specialties. Nebraska Family Health Clinic Pays $30,000 After Violating Right of Access.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Surveys CMS has two citation tags for violations of the Arbitration Regulations, F-847 and F-848. The post Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements: Recent Trends in Citation Risks and Solutions appeared first on Law Firm | Health Care Law Firm in the USA | Hall Render.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 13, 2023

If you compare HIPAA Rules and Regulations to a building, patients’ protected health information (PHI) would be the foundation. Health plan beneficiary number. Here are a few examples of how a seemingly innocent social media post can go wrong and result in a HIPAA violation. Social Media and HIPAA – The Basics. Telephone number.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 25, 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative, bringing the total number of these enforcement actions to thirty-eight since the initiative began.

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