Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow Workforce A balanced approach to deploying new IT that reduces the burden on employees and provides patients with enhanced services is key to stabilizing and advancing healthcare industry processes.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Best practices are provided for data tagging to ease searchability and reduce duplicate records. In the old rule a patient representative could be an actual person or a company. In the new rule the representative must be an actual person. Action is needed to protect reproductive health data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

" As health systems adjusted to dramatic increases in virtual visits, they experienced a steep learning curve in a very short time. The most mature health systems recognize the importance of context and design their telehealth programs accordingly. For most health systems, telehealth is work-in-progress at best.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 20, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Patient Engagement Workflow As ambient technologies improve, additional use cases to leverage voice will emerge – that leaves us with the question of how patients and physicians are responding to voice-enabled tools in their healthcare encounters.

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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. Through advanced data analytics, VA is redefining the possibilities for personalized medicine with its precision oncology programs.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

HIMS22 APAC The first HIMSS in-person conference taking place in the Asia-Pacific region since the pandemic will see healthcare changemakers gathering in beautiful Bali from 26 to 29 September 2022. Full coverage: 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition. Full coverage: HIMSS21 APAC Health Conference.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

Studies have shown that although mifepristone's safety record is superior to that of penicillin, it is more heavily restricted than opioids such as fentanyl. "Receiving reproductive health care, including early pregnancy termination care, through telehealth is no different." " So wrote U.S.

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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. While nothing can beat an in-person experience, physicians can check in on them digitally, through remote patient monitoring tools or video consults.

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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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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! Find Out More!

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2020

The Information Services achievements that I am most thankful for at my organization include these key items: First, I’m thankful that we successfully implemented our integrated electronic health record. The next decade is sure to bring an accelerated rate of change to the healthcare industry.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

During the pandemic, millions of people connected with Twitter to share thoughts and feelings about the pandemic…and their health. Tweets related to “broadband” were noted within the telemedicine/virtual health Twitter streams. For this report, Brandwatch utilized only English-language public Twitter data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | August 23, 2023 News Health system execs bullish on generative AI, but still lack strategy As they grapple with rising costs, three in four C-suite leaders say recent artificial intelligence. In this regularly updated page, we offer their perspective and advice.

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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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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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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For example, more personalized treatment is required through information sharing and collaborative decision-making among providers, patients and their families. For many years, healthcare organizations relied on paper-based files and film images, hesitant to move to onsite software systems and electronic health records (EHR) solutions.

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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. Medical record number. 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. Telephone number. Fax number.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. Bradley Crotty, chief digital engagement officer and an internist at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health. Many health care professionals think the strength of the patient-provider relationship is determined solely by the face-to-face interactions between patients and physicians, and that all problems begin and end there.

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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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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 FDA Governance 175

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

John Berndt, SVP of Health North America, Valtech Also known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) defines and regulates individuals’ medical records and other individually identifiable health information, collectively known as patient healthcare information (PHI).

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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

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

The corporate takeover of healthcare and the exodus of physicians from private practice into employed positions, combined with sub-par deployment of electronic health records and patient portals, has resulted in increasing patient and physician dissatisfaction with the current healthcare delivery model, he contended. THE PROBLEM.

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Doctors Patient Satisfaction HIPAA Hospitals 168

Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In this episode of Health Care Law Today, Nate Lacktman and Maureen Stewart are joined by Mark Josephs, Deputy General Counsel of LifeMD to discuss the current regulatory and legal environment for telemedicine companies regarding online subscription services, and the recent investigations by the federal government of these services.

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

in billing fraud Arizona system names new CEO Banner Health CEO Peter Fine to retire after 24 years, handing the reins to health system president Four UArizona bioscience startups selected for Flinn Foundation program Gov. to Develop Wearable Blood Loss Detector An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals CHI St.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 23, 2022

2022 was a year with high and low points for the health care real estate industry. To subscribe to our weekly health care real estate briefing, click here. In November and December, health experts reported an alarming number of Covid-19, flu and RSV cases, the combination of which they refer to as a “tripledemic”.

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SQA

MAY 24, 2021

Before bed I hear Carrie tell Steph to take a Motrin for her headache (likely caused by an excess of margaritas) made by McNeil Consumer Health – an awesome partner over the years. SQA attended, and sponsored as an exhibitor at the Personal Care Product Council Virtual Summit May 11 th to the 13 th. Upcoming Events.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

While the lower Alabama Courts concluded that the cryopreserved embryos were not a person or child under the state’s law, the Alabama Supreme Court disagreed and held that the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act “applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location,” and that the plaintiff’s wrongful death claims could proceed.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

NATIONAL 79 percent have positive outlook for senior living and care: NIC 12 key legal issues impacting health systems AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America.

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 12, 2023

However, as we read about California’s recent passage of legislation seeking to protect providers of “sensitive services” – those pertaining to “sexual and reproductive health,” “gender affirming care,” and certain other matters, Cal. If we had, we never would have started, and maintained, this Blog.

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