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AI in Healthcare: Enhancing the Patient Experience with Compassionate, Secure Virtual Agents

HIT Consultant

And these AI agents arent just providing quick answerstheyre offering compassionate, real-time support all while adhering to privacy laws like HIPAA. Health information is uniquely sensitive, often containing life-altering details that require the utmost confidentiality and compliance with regulations such as HIPAA. The result?

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Midwest IT Systems Confirmed as HIPAA Compliant

HIPAA Journal

Midwest IT Systems, a Blue Earth, MN-based provider of managed IT services, data backup and recovery, VoIP and cybersecurity services to businesses in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa, has recently demonstrated compliance with the regulatory standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Is Microsoft SharePoint HIPAA Compliant?

Compliancy Group

Launched officially in 2001, Microsoft SharePoint was one of the first applications to allow users to collaborate with team members through document storing, sharing, and access control. But is SharePoint Online HIPAA compliant? What Makes a Software Tool HIPAA Compliant? What Are HIPAA Safeguards? Find Out More!

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Atlantic General Hospital Increases Ransomware Victim Count to Almost 140,000 Individuals

HIPAA Journal

Individuals affected received care at Palomar Continuing Care Center in Escondido or The Villas at Poway (Villa Pomerado) between 2001 and 2020. The post Atlantic General Hospital Increases Ransomware Victim Count to Almost 140,000 Individuals appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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This Day in History -- 20 years of the Privacy Rule

The HIPAA Blog

Note: On April 14, 2001, the first bit of HIPAA regulation, the HIPAA Privacy Rule, became effective. It was not enforceable for 2 more years, and was followed by the Security Rule, HITECH, the Breach Notification Rule, etc., but the “s*#t got real” 20 years ago today (I started this blog on March 8, 2002).

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Interview: Dotty Bollinger, Founder, Integrity Healthcare Advisors

HIPAA Journal

Dotty Bollinger, Founder, Integrity Healthcare Advisors The HIPAA Journal has spoken with Dotty Bollinger, who is a healthcare compliance consultant and founder of Integrity Healthcare Advisors. DHH released the HIPAA privacy rule standards in December 2000. I was one of the first hires of a new long term care company in August 2001.

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A Profile of People in Medicare Advantage Plans – HealthMine’s Survey of “Digital Immigrants”

Health Populi

As digital immigrants, older people are, in the words of Prensky’s 2001 observation, “now in the process of learning a new language.”