Health Care Compliance Brief

Full coverage: HIMSS23 APAC Health Conference

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By Thiru Gunasegaran | September 05, 2023 News Mere digitisation of records won't cut it for a smart hospital This HIMSS23 APAC speaker will share how Taiwan’s Chang Gung Memorial Hospital transformed. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Analytics Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

Hospitals

A new COVID-19 wave is coming – how can health systems prepare?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 22, 2020

Now, Krass said, many hospital executives are looking toward medication supply chains as other potential weak points. " One problem, he said, is the technology hospitals use to record medication use around health systems. Currently, hospitals rely on bar coding and manual counting to track drug circulation.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals

Collision Conference: Encouraging Signs for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Dr. Katharine Smart is the President of the Canadian Medical Association and a pediatrician in Whitehorse, Yukon, one of the more remote northern provinces in Canada. CMA_Docs President Dr. Katherine Smart shares how #digitalhealth can rise to the challenge. Look for the full interview with Dr. Smart in the weeks ahead.

Fraud

Fraud Doctors Nurses Hospitals

Employees of Two Hospitals Post Unauthorized Photos and a Video of Patients

Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In one case, a hospital employee posted a photo on Instagram of a young man shortly after he had been airlifted to the emergency room for treatment of his injuries in a motorcycle accident. The employee posted the photo with emoji symbols and tagged a coworker in the post.

Hospitals

Hospitals Nurses Compliance

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Build out standalone high-powered Internet stations along rural routes to hospitals that emergency vehicles can connect to in case patients’ conditions deteriorate, or designate schools, libraries and other buildings as telehealth way-stations for vehicles. Think differently about hospitals. Region Tag: Global Edition.

Doctors

Doctors COVID-19 Public Health Hospitals

My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. and Seeing is Believing – Inside the World’s Biggest Hospital), among other themes. Health is made as much outside of medical care providers’ sites as it is at home, at work, at play, at school.

HIPAA

HIPAA Hospitals

How Twitter Revealed Consumer Health Care Trends in the Pandemic

Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And, many tags related to mental health became well-used, such as #MentalHealthMatters, #MentalHealthAwareness, #WellBeing, and #BellLetsTalk from the campaign addressing stigma. Tweeters also expanded their use of new phrases like doom scrolling, trauma dumping, and meeting fatigue in 2019 into 2020.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Public Health Hospitals

Health IT implementation best practices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2019

Information and technology comprise the backbone of smart, digital hospitals and systems. We at HIMSS Media in November will delve into the ways AI and machine learning have already taken root in healthcare, we’ll interview experts about what’s coming next and examine the promise and threats of AI. Collection.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Hospitals

One physician's perspective on why patients prefer telehealth visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

I included patients who did not have a smart device or lived in a poorly networked area. Today, 76% of hospitals use telehealth technology.5 Region Tag: Global Edition. We use a HIPAA-compliant software that allows for two-way, high definition video and audio. We can also effortlessly share media online.

COVID-19

COVID-19 Doctors HIPAA Telemedicine

RTLS In Healthcare: Optimizing ROI for Health Systems

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2023

Beneficial visibility is achieved through IoT-enabled location technology, badges, tags, and sensors. With the successful implementation of this smart technology, a healthcare system can better support healthcare professionals, assist in meeting the increased expectations of patients, and reduce annual costs.

Nurses

Nurses Licensing Hospitals

2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options. Vanderbilt combines AI and Smart on FHIR in an EHR voice assistant. Collection. by August 01, 2019.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Health Analytics Governance Hospitals