Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2010, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital made digital health history by being the first hospital outside of the United States to achieve Stage 7 for the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With enterprise access to clinical documents, medical images and other unstructured information, healthcare organisations will gain a more comprehensive view of their patients, improve clinical decision-making and support better outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

As recently as 2023, between 30 and 47 percent of hospitals across all sizes reported still using fax or mail to send and receive patient records, according to the Government Accountability Office. Relying on outdated record-sharing methods can delay the opportunity for patients to take advantage of life-altering care.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

One Brooklyn Health System is currently dealing with a cyberattack that has caused disruption at its three hospitals – Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. Patient Information Stolen in Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District Cyberattack.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 16, 2022

The Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative was launched to pursue cases against government contractors that knowingly used deficient cybersecurity products and services which put information systems at risk, as well as failures to report cybersecurity incidents. CHS and its subsidiaries had contracts with the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Because every health plan has unique payment rules and medical policies, the process currently lacks the kinds of automated checks that other systems have, and that would ensure that information submitted by the practice meets plan requirements for a pre-approval evaluation.

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Compliancy Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Federal healthcare compliance involves following regulations that cover various aspects of healthcare delivery, including treatments, prescribing medications, maintaining electronic medical records (EMRs), and protecting communication technologies from cyber threats and attacks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

Among the other recommendations was a call to make electronic medical records must be made interoperable, more accessible, and searchable by public health personnel to aid in state and federal situational awareness and emergency management.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2023

The administrative service provider said suspicious activity was detected within its network in early December 2022, and the forensic investigation confirmed on December 15, 2022, that an unauthorized third party accessed parts of its computer network where personal health information was stored.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

Without that kind of information, he said, "we're actually sort of groping in the dark." Wolf also pointed out that the recent bloom in telehealth is rooted, in part, in the government's electronic health record incentive program and meaningful use. " Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., " she said.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). We currently support more than 30 different electronic medical record technologies. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

The new model is a modernized version of HIMSS Analytics' Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model , which tracks IT maturity for ambulatory care and outpatient clinics. Build data governance to help organizations build functionality and communication across disparate care teams.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2023

Cedar Park, TX-based Dental Health Management Solutions (DHMS), a provider of dental services to the government/military and private patients has recently announced – via its legal counsel – that the protected health information of certain patients was exposed in a 2021 hacking incident.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Azura Vascular Care, a Pennsylvania-based operator of 70 outpatient vascular centers and ambulatory surgery centers in 25 states and Puerto Rico, notified the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights last month about a cybersecurity incident involving the protected health information of 348,000 patients. The incident was detected on November 9, 2023.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 7, 2022

Since the beginning of the DHA pilot project, MediQuant increased its staff by 40%, building a dedicated team for government and reinforcing resources for commercial businesses. MediQuant connects patients at the point of care, which dramatically improves the depth of information clinicians have to care for patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

With an MBA and a degree in Information Systems Engineering, Nico has a wealth of experience from major consulting and technology firms, positioning him as a pivotal force in driving data-driven transformation.

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 31, 2022

A pair of government contractors recently agreed to settlements of alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) for nearly $10 million as part of the U.S. It also signals that the government seeks to continue enforcing the FCA by focusing on data privacy and cybersecurity violations. million from the total settlement.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In 2022, as cyberattacks globally rose by 38% year-on-year, healthcare became the third-most-attacked industry (behind government and education), recording an increase of 74% and reporting up to 1,463 incidents per week. This makes it possible to identify potential threats and compromised devices by detecting anomalous traffic.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

University Pediatric Dentistry in Buffalo, NY, has started notifying 6,843 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed in an email security incident. A limited number of patients also had financial account information exposed.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 24, 2024

Among the many tasks of chief information security officers (CISOs), one of the most essential is ensuring the organization’s compliance with IT and cybersecurity regulations in healthcare. In this post, we discuss the critical laws governing healthcare security compliance. Cybersecurity Act, Section 405(d) The U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Challenges in Medical Data Management The healthcare sector contains an abundance of confidential information related to patients, medical procedures, treatments, and population health. This includes personal data, medical histories, laboratory results, insurance numbers, and more.

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Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This comprehensive document governs patient care, worker safety, and privacy and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI). The 2024 update also addresses the Information Blocking Rule for the first time. Compliance officers have access to more information about their responsibilities and roles.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2022

More organizations are using the cloud to store sensitive personal identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI), adding pressure to ensure the data is secure and compliant. Tip #3: Your data governance plan should be comprehensive, yet agile. But it also carries great risk.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 2, 2024

Bevey Miner EVP, Healthcare Strategy & Policy for Consensus Cloud Solutions There’s been a strong push for a FHIR standard for information sharing in healthcare. Language in the proposed rule specifically stated that providers would be penalized for the use of digital cloud faxing to send and receive information from the certified EHR.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

a power Visa and ultimately the government could not deny. When a consumer transfers funds electronically from one financial platform to another, or makes a deposit, or applies for a mortgage, there’s a decent chance Plaid is involved. Plaid derives its power because of, not in spite of, its invisibility ?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Challenges in Medical Data Management The healthcare sector contains an abundance of confidential information related to patients, medical procedures, treatments, and population health. This includes personal data, medical histories, laboratory results, insurance numbers, and more.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 19, 2024

This solution leverages a national network encompassing 2,500 hospitals, 8,000 post-acute facilities, 25,000 pharmacies, 32 health plans, 50 state governments, and 1 million acute and ambulatory providers to deliver real-time admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) e-notifications.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. "This shows that it is being used by all types of patients," Saiyed noted.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 24, 2023

Subha Airan Javia, MD, FAMIA Jackson Steinkamp, MD Electronic medical records (EMRs) – software systems where physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers store, retrieve, and act on clinical data – are fundamentally broken. So we need a good electronic system to help.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Compliant organizations are inherently more secure as they must implement security measures to protect patient information. The Connection Between Compliance and Cybersecurity Compliance and cybersecurity intersect – you can’t have one without the other.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

"As BCP’s technology and approach is focused on best-in-practice governance with respect to biological samples and longitudinal medical record data, we can help ensure the highest quality standards to support research that will have significant positive impact on the African population.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2023

In such cases, physicians often turn to their own prior experience to inform their diagnosis, however, statistically, it is highly unlikely that the clinician would have come into contact with the patient’s particular rare disease in the past, or even heard of it.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 21, 2022

In recent years, digital thieves from the dark web and beyond have shifted their attention to third-party vendors, specialized clinics, and outpatient facilities to steal patient records and other valuable health information. . During the widespread data hacks, countless patients have lost their sensitive information.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2022

They support rich question-answering to open-ended, natural language questions and, in healthcare, enable personalized interactions informed by patient information from systems of record, such as electronic medical records.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Electronic medical record software and social media offer wide-ranging ways for health care providers to connect with their patients and the public. It also provides greater patient access to healthcare information and engagement with their care team. Health Care Providers Benefit from Internet and Social Media Presence.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2024

For healthcare providers, this also means that data tracking, logging, and sharing define the status quo of handling patient records. Moreover, patients expect providers’ platforms and electronic medical records (EMR) to seamlessly accommodate their hyper-personalized data whenever they choose to share it.

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