Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The employee posted the photo with emoji symbols and tagged a coworker in the post. The young man later died from his injuries, and his father is suing the hospital for medical privacy violations, negligence, and infliction of emotional distress. Discussion Points: Review your policies and procedures on social media. Update as needed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association published this week showed that in New York City during the first few months of the pandemic, Black and Latino patients had lower odds of using telehealth versus other modalities. In areas with broadband availability, telehealth is still not always an option.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 25, 2022

OCR has taken the following enforcement actions and ensured that complainants received copies of their records: An Illinois podiatry practice failed to provide a former patient with his requested medical records. A dental practice in Baltimore, Maryland, failed to provide timely access to a patient’s medical record.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Healthcare professionals have remained resilient over the course of the pandemic and the resulting stress has been well documented. Hospitals have measured more than a 50% increase in staff satisfaction following the implementation of a real-time asset management solution and the respective RFID tags.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

These cost increases have a negative effect on patients and overall drug compliance because people tend to avoid taking medications as prescribed when the cost gets too high. This trend is also confirmed by a 2021 GoodRx survey around medication adherence and drug cost, which shows that 18.7% What’s Next for Drug Pricing.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Addressing mental health is, truly, embodied in every one of the ten pillars in Manatt’s imperatives: Ensuring access to both physical/medical care as well as mental health — ideally bundled into primary care.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

the opposite of a simple price tag. The causes of burnout among healthcare workers are well-documented, including consolidation and other factors driving the current labor shortage. That includes improving price transparency. In the traditional healthcare system, the price you pay for services depends on your insurance coverage ?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

NHS Digital increased the capacity and range of NHS 111 (the 24/7 telephone and online service for people who need advice and information about urgent medical problems), and NHSX (which focuses on the digital transformation of health and social care) launched a competition for remote monitoring technology.

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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. s practice requested a copy of their medical records on July 15, 2019.

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Healthcare Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

Infection control, medication distribution and administration, pandemics, central-line insertion, patient- sensitive information , c onflict resolution —the volume of hospital policies and procedures grow with changes to CMS regulations and accrediting organization standards, evidence-based practice and new technology. Stay Alert!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"The platform was designed to supplement our standard pain-scale reporting with questions about recent levels of activity, or how well the patient is following their medication regimen," he continued. "We've developed a great cycle of continuous improvement because of the data analytics this tool enables.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When COVID-19 hit, CareMount Medical, the largest independent multispecialty medical group in New York State, with more than 650 physicians, recognized the need to restrict in-office visits and make some rapid changes to its telehealth approach. Bardack, CareMount Medical. How stress manifested as telehealth visits boomed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

However, an FDA approval ensures a medical device is safe and effective for its intended use. FDA classifies medical devices into three classes based on risk to human life. Depending on this classification, a medical device must undergo different regulatory processes, including a clinical trial.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder at Komprise Unstructured data – such as medical images, scans and lab reports – opens the door to a wide range of exciting new possibilities in the world of healthcare. Text documents containing medical notes or patient evaluations. Lab reports.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

When patients visit a healthcare facility, they want to make sure they’re being seen and treated by a qualified medical professional. The organization conducts a thorough review of their application and collects supporting documents, such as transcripts, licenses, and letters of recommendation.

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Health Law RX

AUGUST 31, 2021

On the other hand, the Affordable Care Act has given us a solid decade of comfort with the existing “tobacco surcharge” guardrails – under which a medical plan’s costs and a plan participant’s life decision on whether or not to smoke are seen as so undeniably linked as to permit differing premiums.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A resource may contain text, metadata, or bundled groups of data that together make up clinical documentation. Similar to a URL for a web page, every resource has an own identification tag. Devices and apps can easily obtain necessary data through that tag without going through laborious data exchange procedures.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Workflow automation for administrative processes can reduce the burden of data entry, especially in terms of care planning and patient documentation. Technology like generative AI can also provide nurses with recommended action to a potential medical or operational issue. Even the smallest of improvements can make a difference.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This separation often creates knowledge barriers within families and leaves them in the dark when trying to fully understand the complex medical needs of their loved ones. Organizations that have implemented this have seen an increase in trust among the patient, the medical staff providing care, and family members.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

The platform uses AI and machine learning that combines sensor data from the wearable with the patient’s medical history to create a unique profile that is updated in real time throughout the monitoring period. The AI continuously runs algorithms on the patient’s profile to predict decompensation.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

NATIONAL Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B

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SQA

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Remote audit requests are still increasing into the new year, and SQA’s approach is documented in our Remote Audit One Pager. Now, more than ever, the demand for cybersecurity is high, as government, military, corporate, and medical organizations collect, process, and store unprecedented amounts of data on computers and other devices.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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