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Telehealth, supply chain monitoring key areas of investment during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped shed light on the longer-term structural reforms needed in the US healthcare system, which include telehealth investment and medical supply chain tracking and coordination improvements.

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Streamline Your Hiring with Healthcare Onboarding Software

Compliancy Group

The onboarding process is pivotal in ensuring employees understand their job duties, engage in best cybersecurity practices, and comply with important regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Occupational Health and Safety Administration, and prevention of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in healthcare.

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Vendor notebook: Amazon Clinic now offers telehealth nationwide, Philips co-designs a custom virtual care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Whether at home, on vacation or in the hospital, patients and care providers want access to innovative technologies that can expedite the delivery of medical advice, prescriptions, referrals and action when it is needed most.

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Healthcare IT Audit Essentials for CISOs

Compliancy Group

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. The following regulations are intended to protect patient and employee information. Cybersecurity Act, Section 405(d) The U.S.

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U.S. Healthcare Compliance Frameworks: A Guide for International Vendors

Compliancy Group

Because care requires using and exchanging sensitive patient information, adherence to U.S. When personal health information transcends international borders, vendors outside the U.S. When unauthorized parties gain access to this information, identity theft, fraud, and diminished care often result.

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LockBit Ransomware Gang Claims Responsibility for Attack on Saint Anthony Hospital

HIPAA Journal

The investigation confirmed on January 7, 2024, that an unknown, unauthorized third party had copied files from its network on December 18, 2023, which contained patient information. Those files are being reviewed to determine the number of patients affected and the types of information involved, and that process is ongoing.

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HITECH Compliance

AIHC

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.