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Compliance with HIPAA may offer some clues on how providers will fare with new info blocking rules

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Despite a 20-year head start, providers still fall short of HIPAA requirements around fulfilling patient requests for their medical records. In light of the federal information blocking rules, providers should first examine their compliance with HIPAA and then address the new demands imposed by the… Read More »Compliance with HIPAA may offer some clues on how providers will fare with new info blocking rules

How a Virtual Care Mindset Leads to Greater Patient Acceptance and Sustainable Telehealth Growth

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Sandeep Pulim, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Bluestream Health There’s no question that the demand for telehealth and virtual care has grown exponentially over the last twelve months. With that growth has come a fundamental shift in the attitude toward virtual care. No longer do… Read More »How a Virtual Care Mindset Leads to Greater Patient Acceptance and Sustainable Telehealth Growth

Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

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Russ Kennedy, Chief Product Officer, Nasuni Pharmaceutical companies today are distributed, global organizations, with research centers, manufacturing facilities, and regulatory management hubs spread all over the globe. To develop new treatments and bring them to market, all of these different functions need to collaborate more… Read More »Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

Amazon Care and privacy: A host of unknowns

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If HIPAA does not apply to Amazon Care, then absent another privacy regulation applying, avoiding exploitation of the data relies on the good faith of the entity operating the service.

HHS issues HIPAA, CMS regulatory waivers to Texas hospitals

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As Texas reels from a devasting winter storm, HHS is issuing several waivers to help hospitals continue to provide care amid mounting challenges. These waivers allow non-compliance with certain HIPAA provisions and other federal regulations.

Best Practices to Ensure Telehealth Security and Protect Patient Data

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Paul Banco, CEO of etherFAX To support the sudden increase in test results and medical records being transmitted during the pandemic, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmacies implemented additional devices and remote connections into their networks. After the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) lifted penalties around telehealth… Read More »Best Practices to Ensure Telehealth Security and Protect Patient Data

Electronic Signatures Speed Care, Keep Providers in Compliance

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Stephan Herron, CEO/President of Scriptel Corporation While certain healthcare regulations—especially those around telehealth visits—have been relaxed during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the core compliance and regulatory environment remain intact, including rules around signatures. Many hospitals and health systems have set up temporary care facilities or… Read More »Electronic Signatures Speed Care, Keep Providers in Compliance

Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

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Michelle Drolet, CEO of Towerwall, Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as a serious threat, and the pressure to protect data is expected to grow this year, as more criminals target healthcare… Read More »Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

Healthcare Metadata Management: 3 Critical Capabilities to Creating A Unified, Automated Approach

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Amnon Drori, CEO of Octopai The healthcare industry, like many others, has become a data driven industry collecting data from patients, doctors, labs, and payers that are all crucial to patient healthcare diagnosis and outcome. When it comes to research, data can be useful in… Read More »Healthcare Metadata Management: 3 Critical Capabilities to Creating A Unified, Automated Approach

NeuroFlow Secures $20M for Tech-Enabled Behavioral Health Integration Platform

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What You Should Know: – NeuroFlow raises $20M to expand its technology-enabled behavioral health integration platform, led by Magellan Health. – NeuroFlow’s suite of HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based tools simplify remote patient monitoring, enable risk stratification, and facilitate collaborative care. With NeuroFlow, health care organizations can finally… Read More »NeuroFlow Secures $20M for Tech-Enabled Behavioral Health Integration Platform

Elation Health Nabs $40M for Clinical-First Solution to Power Independent Primary Care

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What You Should Know: – Elation Health, which provides an easy-to-use and affordable clinical technology platform for more than 7 million independent primary care clinicians serving 14M+ patients – including an EHR raises $40M in Series C funding from Al Gore’s sustainable investment firm, Generation… Read More »Elation Health Nabs $40M for Clinical-First Solution to Power Independent Primary Care

Amazon Launches HealthLake for Healthcare Orgs to Aggregate & Structure Health Data

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What You Should Know: – Amazon today announced the launch of Amazon HealthLake, a new HIPAA-eligible service enables healthcare organizations to store, tag, index, standardize, query, and apply machine learning to analyze data at petabyte scale in the cloud. – Cerner, Ciox Health, Konica Minolta… Read More »Amazon Launches HealthLake for Healthcare Orgs to Aggregate & Structure Health Data

7 Best Practices for Third-Party Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

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Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard, The globalization of the pharmaceutical industry has forced pharma companies to outsource, increasing their reliance on third-party vendors and suppliers. As this supply chain grows in complexity, companies find themselves grappling with a growing amount of cyber risk.  A… Read More »7 Best Practices for Third-Party Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Amwell Launches New Offerings to Increase Doctor-to-Patient Virtual Connectivity

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What You Should Know: – Amwell just announced some new offerings Amwell Now, Touchpoint Tablet software, and C500 to help increase doctor-to-patient virtual connections as patient and doctor preferences change in light of the pandemic. – The new solutions (a quick-to-deploy video visit offering, new… Read More »Amwell Launches New Offerings to Increase Doctor-to-Patient Virtual Connectivity

Innovaccer Launches AI-Enabled Patient Relationship Management Solution

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What You Should Know: – Innovaccer launches its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled patient relationship management solution to streamline communication between patients and their care teams. – The solution enables providers and member teams to move beyond treating illness to facilitating proactive care by building productive, long-term… Read More »Innovaccer Launches AI-Enabled Patient Relationship Management Solution

Remote Medical Documentation Startup Augmedix Closes $25M, Reverse Merger with Malo Holding

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What You Should Know: – Augmedix closes $25 million in private placement funding and completion of a reverse merger transaction with Malo Holdings Corp. – Following the transaction, the merged entity will be named “Augmedix, Inc.”, and will continue the historic and innovative business of… Read More »Remote Medical Documentation Startup Augmedix Closes $25M, Reverse Merger with Malo Holding

New Attacks, Regulations, and Stakes Call for New Security Strategies

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 Tim Callan, Senior Fellow, Sectigo The amount of data generated by the healthcare industry is staggering—and constantly increasing.  Healthcare data encompasses the personal information of patients, doctors, nurses, and administrators. It includes diagnostic information, test results, ultrasound images, x-ray images, and of course insurance and… Read More »New Attacks, Regulations, and Stakes Call for New Security Strategies

Cerner Integrates Nuances Virtual Assistant Platform with Millennium EHR to Reduce Physician Burnout

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What You Should Know: – Cerner expands its AI collaboration with Nuance to provide joint customers with more advanced natural language virtual assistant technology to navigate electronic health records (EHRs) using just their voice, giving clinicians more time to spend with patients and less time with a computer.… Read More »Cerner Integrates Nuances Virtual Assistant Platform with Millennium EHR to Reduce Physician Burnout

Central Maine Healthcare, Innovaccer Partner to Power Data-driven Telehealth Capabilities

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What You Should Know: – Innovaccer has recently partnered with Central Maine Healthcare (CMH), an integrated healthcare delivery system that serves over 400,000 people in the central, western, and mid-coast regions of the state, to connect providers with their patients through data-driven telehealth, powered by… Read More »Central Maine Healthcare, Innovaccer Partner to Power Data-driven Telehealth Capabilities

Sharecare Launches Digital COVID-19 Return-to-Work Solution for Employers

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What You Should Know: – Sharecare launches its offering for employers: Well-Being@Work,  a virtual solution for COVID-19 that’s integrated with its app-based digital health platform for managing consumer health and well-being. – The offering is designed for employers – organizations of any kind – to support… Read More »Sharecare Launches Digital COVID-19 Return-to-Work Solution for Employers

Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery NowRx Raises $20M to Expand into Additional Territories

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What You Should Know: – Same day pharmacy delivery startup NowRx raises $20 Million in Series B funding to expand into new U.S. territories and accelerate its technology roadmap, transforming the way consumers get their prescriptions.  – NowRx’s competitive advantage is its proprietary pharmacy management system, which leverages AI… Read More »Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery NowRx Raises $20M to Expand into Additional Territories

Telemedicine & Telehealth Emerge as Medical Marketing Opportunities During COVID

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March 17, 2020, may well be remembered as the day the telemedicine revolution finally took off. Telemedicine and Telehealth‘s adoption, fast-tracked by Coronavirus/COVID, will create profound changes in how healthcare services are provided — while also spawning new healthcare marketing opportunities. Telemedicine & Telehealth: Innovation &… Read More »

Telemedicine & Telehealth Emerge as Medical Marketing Opportunities During COVID