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COVID-19 and digital transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For instance, a new open-source app from Massachusetts Institute of Technology notifies users if someone they have been in close contact with has tested positive so they can self-isolate. The contact tracing opportunity presents perhaps one of our greatest challenges, given the scale at which it will be required to operate.

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OCR Announces Resolutions to Eleven HIPAA Violations 

Med-Net Compliance

Psychiatric consultants located in Massachusetts failed to respond timely to a complainant’s access request. A Massachusetts nursing home failed to provide an individual’s personal representative with timely access to her son’s medical records.

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11 HIPAA Right of Access Violations Brings $646,000 in Fines

Compliancy Group

Massachusetts Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Right of Access Violation Costs $55,000. The mother of a patient at Hillcrest Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation in Pittsville, Massachusetts, submitted a request for his records in March 2020, which was signed by a Hillcrest representative two days later. .

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Boston Medical Center boosts care for epileptic kids with telehealth-analytics platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As Massachusetts continues efforts to promote inclusivity, it has had to take a hard look at Boston’s many hospitals. It has helped eliminate phone tag by providing a secure place to message. Approximately 59% of BMC’s patients come from underserved populations, it reported. RESULTS.

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Health Care Real Estate Briefing – February 7, 2022

Hall Render

UC Davis Health is moving forward with its new $3.8B, 14-story hospital tower after the UC Regents approved the design, price tag and received commitments. acquired two office buildings in Woburn, Massachusetts consisting of 440K sf for $124.7M. Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

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Health Provider News

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Health’s new HQ in Ward 8 to boost economic growth Mayor Muriel Bowser Launches New DC Health Headquarters DELAWARE Delaware Alzheimer’s deaths spike over last two decades amid gap in care Delaware lawmakers join amicus brief in Supreme Court EMTALA cases Elkton medical building sells for $4.5

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Skilled Nursing Update: CMS Adds New F Tag and Survey Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Regulations – REVISED

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The Group 1 QSO Memo specifically applies to the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.