Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

A new study published in this month's issue of Health Policy and Technology found, however, that healthcare organizations may face obstacles when it comes to complying with the law. Sometimes failing to comply can carry a big price tag: The U.S. " ON THE RECORD.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore standalone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. Choose the right device to get reliable patient data and reimbursement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Telehealth The director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay writes about significant acceleration of digital transformation across the UK. During the coronavirus pandemic, digital innovation and transformation is arriving at pace in health systems in the UK and beyond.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Full coverage: 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition. Full coverage: HIMSS21 APAC Health Conference. Video A look into the digitization of Indonesia's healthcare sector What are the three main digital transformation priorities for the nation's health system? Get all the coverage for the event on this page.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai. A pandemic as an accelerator.

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McBrayer Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Posted In COVID-19 , Hospitals , Mandatory vaccination policies , Workplace health Amidst the new surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Healthcare employers should understand how to implement an effective vaccine mandate to protect the health and safety of their employees and patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Population Health Telehealth Workflow Workforce On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care. Ensure you can support telework. Plan for large scale remote work.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 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. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this regularly updated special collection, we explore how hospitals and health systems are rolling out RPM initiatives: where they're seeing hurdles, which use cases are most successful, how they're getting help from their vendors, what policy and regulatory imperatives may be shaping the future of virtual care, and much more.

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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. d)(1) (Emergency Preparedness, Training Programs) with CMS referencing “requirements for hospitals to train staff and to have policies and procedures aimed at protecting both their workforce and their patients. §482.13(c)(2)

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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. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Even for organizations that have steered clear of both cyberattacks and regulatory fines, vigilance is essential to maintaining a clean bill of (cybersecurity) health. 7898 has now addressed this discrepancy, allowing organizations to align their HIPAA security policies with modern control sets. The recent bill H.R.7898

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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. A recent study showed that clinical implementation of precision oncology is feasible across the across the VA health system, including rural Veterans.

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Bill of Health

MAY 10, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health , Justice Amy Coney Barrett acknowledged that previous cases addressing abortion rights relied on a consideration of the burden of parenting and forced motherhood. The post Safe Haven Laws and Anti-Abortion Politics appeared first on Bill of Health. By Laury Oaks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. A cross-functional team across the health system came together to build the program quickly. Geisinger This post was co-authored by Rebecca A.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-886. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-887. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-888. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-884. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-885. COVID Staff Vaccine.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 16, 2023

The US Health and Human Services has issued updated guidance on online tracking, and it’s bad news for those of us in the medical field. It collects and stores user data, including protected health information (PHI) , which makes it subject to HIPAA compliance rules and regulations. Attention healthcare providers!

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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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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Many of these treatments are drug-based gene therapies–- but they come with an extremely high price tag. And for decades, no definitive answer or policy has been found. Treatment with Zolgensma, a gene therapy treatment which has been shown to be effective in treating SMA, costs $2 million – a very high price tag.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay. A second wave of digital transformation?

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Healthcare Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

The quality of care for patients rests on policy and procedure manuals, which are only as good as their policy management and accessibility. Is it possible that these adverse events are related to poor policy management? Is it possible that these adverse events are related to poor policy management?

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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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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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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the COVID public health emergency (“PHE”) will expire and end on May 11, 2023. CMS waived requirements at section 1834(m)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act and 42 CFR § 410.78 (b)(2) to expand the types of health care professionals that can provide telehealth services.

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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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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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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. We provide policies and procedures and employee training to prevent HIPAA violations. Social Media and HIPAA – The Basics. Telephone number. Fax number. Email address.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

Angela Jones Angela Jones is a program manager in digital health transformation at Booz Allen Hamilton. Region Tag: Global Edition. This article was co-written with Dr. Kevin Vigilante , chief medical officer at Booz Allen Hamilton. Some important considerations. The vision of future healthcare will look different across agencies.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2023

Associates in Dermatology, a network of dermatology clinics in Indiana, Kentucky, and New York, has started notifying patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed in a ransomware attack on one of its business associates. According to Fowler, the 6.74

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Government & Policy Patient Engagement Pharmacy Privacy & Security Telehealth COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, has entered the lexicon as if it was always there. Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years.

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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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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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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. Nursing homes should review and revise their policies and procedures for staff to follow on agreements for binding arbitration.

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