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Sensitive Data Requires Great Responsibility: The Importance of ‘Privacy and Security by Design’ in Healthcare

HIT Consultant

In the event of a breach, encrypted data remains indecipherable, safeguarding the privacy of patients and maintaining the integrity of healthcare records. Practice daily blocking and tackling to maintain strong security posture When it comes to healthcare data security, a proactive stance is vital.

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5 Strategies for Providers to Overcome ePHI Security Challenges

HIT Consultant

HIPAA Compliance Complexity Complying with HIPAA regulations adds a layer of complexity to healthcare data security. The HIPAA Security Rule , established in 2003, sets strict requirements for safeguarding electronic personal health information (ePHI), including administrative, physical, and technical safeguards.

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Enhancing Workflow Automation for Healthcare Professionals

HIT Consultant

As a result, it becomes someone’s job to manually transmit data between e-fax and external systems on a regular basis. If this individual is unavailable, data entry falls once again onto the shoulders of doctors or nurses. By integrating workflow automation and e-fax, your practice will recover both time and money.

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Texting patient information – The latest from CMS

Health Blawg

In order to be compliant with the CoPs or CfCs [Conditions for Coverage], all providers must utilize and maintain systems/platforms that are secure, encrypted, and minimize the risks to patient privacy and confidentiality as per HIPAA regulations and the CoPs or CfCs. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and.

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Texting patient information – The latest from CMS

Health Blawg

In order to be compliant with the CoPs or CfCs [Conditions for Coverage], all providers must utilize and maintain systems/platforms that are secure, encrypted, and minimize the risks to patient privacy and confidentiality as per HIPAA regulations and the CoPs or CfCs. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

Let’s get some of those out of the way up front: The data is limited to PHR data (and there are plenty of apps and services that can show you your PHR data on your phone already, though maybe they can’t integrate data from multiple providers as seamlessly — but see point 3, below). by Daniel G.

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

Let’s get some of those out of the way up front: The data is limited to PHR data (and there are plenty of apps and services that can show you your PHR data on your phone already, though maybe they can’t integrate data from multiple providers as seamlessly — but see point 3, below). by Daniel G.