Kaiser Health News

APRIL 14, 2022

Health officials in at least three states are investigating a travel nurse suspected of tampering with and potentially contaminating vials and syringes of opioid painkillers in two hospitals, then returning the vials to medication cabinets where they could be unknowingly given to patients. Those results haven’t been made public.

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Nurses Hospitals Licensing Governance 131

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Joint governance leads to better patient protection Liederman credited joint governance for helping to facilitate a higher sense of trust among patients and the workforce. It's somebody they know, somebody they know of or somebody prominent in the community that is hospitalized. "What's going on?

Governance 337

Governance HIPAA Ransomware Licensing 337

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Like many hospitals and health systems, it has been facing many challenges with behavioral health. "Second, there is a lack of licensed clinical professionals in the markets we serve. "If those factors align, we then take the specific vendor product through a governance group.

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Licensing Governance Doctors Hospitals 331

Verisys

MARCH 6, 2025

Credentialing involves a detailed review of a provider’s qualifications, including their: Education Work experience Certifications Licenses Professional standing This process ensures that patients see professionals who are properly trained and certified to provide the level of care they require.

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Licensing Compliance Nurses Malpractice 52

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services, has shared her thoughts. As a teenager, I volunteered in hospitals and nursing homes. That led to my serving as the Privacy Officer for the hospital beginning with the implementation of the Privacy Rule. I’ve worked in healthcare for over 30 years.

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Governance HIPAA Compliance Nursing Homes 107

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

But even if some important questions about virtual care's staying power have been answered recently , health systems and telehealth startups continue to face major challenges navigating licensing requirements to operate across state lines. Not only does this process create inefficiencies and confusion, but mistakes can be very costly.

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Telemedicine Licensing Compliance COVID-19 191

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2025

HPM), a Kansas-based provider of remote medication order review and onsite pharmacy management services to hospitals and health systems. HPM provides hospital pharmacy management and remote pharmacy order verification to 51 hospitals across Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Texas.

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Telemedicine Hospitals Licensing Nurses 52

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 23, 2025

The federal False Claims Act prohibits someone from knowingly presenting or causing a false claim for payment if the federal government will pay for that claim. These settlements involved managed care providers, physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, laboratories, and other medical facilities. While the $1.67

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Verisys

MARCH 6, 2025

All parties must adhere to both federal and state laws, including those set by governing bodies, and follow ethical standards that safeguard the well-being of patients. The primary governing bodies that set healthcare compliance standards include: The U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

License and approval. Only licensed physicians are qualified and permitted to engage in medical practice. Under this definition, a software to be used for the following purposes is excluded from SaMD: patient education; in-hospital operating support or maintenance; or personal health or exercise check and management by patients/users.

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Licensing Telemedicine Governance Compliance 194

AIHC

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Here, the court affirmed that hospitalization does not negate a persons right to bodily privacy when it noted that, It would be a strange doctrine that would decree that the sanctity of the right of privacyfully respected in a public restroom, is forfeited by the fact of falling ill and becoming hospitalized. 8] In Backus v.

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Informed Consent Bioethics ADA Nurses 98

Verisys

MARCH 6, 2025

In a high-stakes environment, like a hospital emergency room, efficiency and accuracy in staffing ensure that qualified medical professionals are available to provide immediate, high-quality care. Provider data quality is a fundamental necessity for the healthcare industry.

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Compliance Licensing Doctors Malpractice 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

John's Well Child and Family Center due to the stringent "safer at home" order from local government as well as the need to meet residents' healthcare needs while protecting the safety of both providers and patients. "We purchased additional equipment and licenses and trained all our staff," Manga recalled.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Governance Licensing 216

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

hospitals – and explored opportunities and barriers to growth. Licenses that allowed physicians to practice across state lines and provided reimbursement parity due to the pandemic have now expired. The healthcare industry does not agree that state licensing needs to be revised. The government must take the lead.

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Telemedicine Licensing Health Outcomes Governance 190

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

This change is yet another signal that the country is working to move past the pandemic, which falls in line with recent moves by the federal government to move the pandemic to a more controlled phase. Further, what should CIOs and other health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems be doing to address new telemedicine challenges?

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Telemedicine COVID-19 Governance Medicare 216

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

Cyberattacks have been reported by Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Rancho Family Medical Group. The forensic investigation and document review took almost a year, with the hospital stating in its breach notice that those processes were not completed until March 4, 2024.

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Hospitals Ransomware HIPAA Licensing 93

Bill of Health

JUNE 15, 2023

Covered entities include various federally funded clinics and hospitals that serve low-income patients. Monsanto , where the Court held that no taking occurred where a party voluntarily agreed to relinquish trade secrets in exchange for a government license to sell a product.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

The surge in teleconsultations came after it partnered with the Philippines Department of Health and the National Privacy Commission to deliver free telemedicine services, which helped in easing hospital occupancy and preventing the spread of COVID-19. million patients over the past year.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 Doctors Licensing 180

HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

will be divided between the US government and various states. Key Allegations The lawsuit alleged that TRG engaged in improper billing practices related to radiology services provided to hospitals and other healthcare providers across the country. . – The settlement amount of $3.1M

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Governance Licensing Fraud Medicare 97

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2020

Further, there is a chance telemedicine could add to hospitals being overwhelmed, unless it’s used well. But hospitals are learning to adapt to telehealth during a pandemic. Critically, hospitals are quickly adopting telehealth to treat quarantined patients infected with COVID-19, he added.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors 218

Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

License verification, especially nursing license verification, is essential to ensuring that only the most qualified practitioners are seeing your patients. Additionally, of all licensed RNs, 84.5% Additionally, of all licensed RNs, 84.5% License Verification Is Incredibly Complex. with more than 3.8

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Licensing Nurses COVID-19 Public Health 52

Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 19, 2025

It will take “all” institutions: government, media, NGOs, and indeed, business together with all organizations, to re-build optimism and re-weave the social fabric. adults trust healthcare in America for the entire sector (covering all microsegments including hospitals, health plans, consumer health, pharma, etc.).

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Governance Licensing Hospitals 59

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 18, 2024

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them how AI-driven predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms are being employed to streamline hospital operations, optimize resource allocations, and improve overall healthcare system efficiency. The following are their answers.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Hospitals Doctors Nurses 124

HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

Individuals who had their Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers exposed have been offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital Investigating Cyberattack. A limited number of patients also had financial account information exposed.

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Licensing Electronic Medical Records Health Insurance Hospitals 117

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai. And it went beyond just coordinating the immediate response.

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COVID-19 Doctors Governance Licensing 206

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

Lots of industry groups want to see the temporary government waivers enacted early on during the COVID-19 public health emergency – the ones enabling the vast expansion of telehealth and remote patient monitoring over the past four months – to be made permanent once the storm has subsided. And some legislators do too.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

Staffing shortages, budget cuts and low patient volumes coming out of the pandemic have forced some rural hospitals to shut their doors, with 19 closures in 2020 alone. Many hospitals and clinics are currently operating short-staffed, and some have even been forced to close their doors due to the lack of nurses and physicians.

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Nurses Hospitals Doctors Telemedicine 215

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A range of entities are filing psychedelic patent applications – from publicly traded corporations to universities and government bodies. An additional four Porta Sophia interventions responded to one of MindMed’s University partners, Universitätsspital Basel (University Hospital Basel, or UHB).

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Licensing Governance Hospitals 301

Verisys

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Nurses have their own credentials, including verifying their nursing license, specialized certifications, and continuing education credits. Healthcare license verification and monitoring systems play a crucial role in ensuring nurses maintain up-to-date credentials while reducing administrative burdens.

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Licensing Nurses Malpractice Compliance 52

Bill of Health

APRIL 12, 2022

hospital or EHR vendor) intervention or surveillance. Either way, the ability to freely choose one’s partner or licensed fiduciary is a core human right. Decentralized cooperative finance enables more diverse and resilient alternatives to corporate or government control of our essential infrastructure.

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Governance Licensing Doctors Bioethics 182

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

Phase two testing required testing to be completed by 1000+ licensed US nurses, and 100+ US licensed physicians talking to the AI while acting as a patient. Phase three testing, which begins now, requires the testing to be completed by 5,000 licensed nurses, 500 licensed physicians, and the company’s health system partners.

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Licensing Nurses Hospitals Health Outcomes 121

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

The pandemic has added to these challenges due to hospitals facing capacity issues during surges in cases, increased patient deaths, clinician health and safety risks, and uncertainty over treatments, which has led to a feeling of helplessness. Hospitalizations, for example, do not always require the patient to be within a medical facility.

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COVID-19 Hospitals Nurses Licensing 192

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The proper credentialing steps can be complex and time-consuming but are a fundamental responsibility of hospitals and healthcare facilities. All certifications and licenses must be verified for every provider who administers services to patients. Mistake No. 3: Allowing a physician to treat patients before credentialing is completed.

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Malpractice Licensing Due Diligence Hospitals 96

MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While federal operations are slowed, reduced, or put on pause during a government shutdown, healthcare services must continue to operate. What Is a Government Shutdown? Without budget authorization from Congress, a variety of government services and operations come to a halt. But what does this mean for your healthcare business?

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Governance Medicaid Medicaid Medicare 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Like many other moderately sized community hospitals with ambulatory clinics, Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, New York, is challenged with providing its patients and community with not only expanded and alternative methods of access to primary and specialty care, but also ensuring that care is provided in the right setting. THE PROBLEM.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 Licensing Governance 190

Physician Credentialing Company

JANUARY 17, 2025

In the healthcare sector, a Certificate of Insurance (COI) is commonly required as proof or evidence that a healthcare provider or a hospital facility maintains sufficient insurance coverage to mitigate risks associated with the provided medical services. Who needs to have a COI (Certificate of Insurance)? How to Get COI Insurance?

Malpractice 52

Malpractice Licensing Hospitals Public Health 52

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center Dealing with Cyberattack Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in Northern New York experienced a cyberattack on August 31, 2023. It took until August 18, 2023, to complete the review of the affected files.

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Governance HIPAA Licensing Hospitals 110