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FCC Awards Additional $42.7M in Round 2 of COVID-19 Telehealth Program

HIT Consultant

The FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program supports the efforts of health care providers to continue serving their patients by providing reimbursement for telecommunications services, information services, and connected devices necessary to enable telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Round 2 is a $249.95 – St. .

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Hidden Vulnerabilities in Clinical Workflow Put PHI at Risk

HIT Consultant

I’ve had hundreds of conversations with healthcare CIOs and CISOs throughout my career, and one of the biggest challenges I’ve heard has to do with preventing PHI breaches. Despite massive spending on cybersecurity tools, organizations are still unable to protect patient data. – PHI is moved to an unknown USB drive.

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Newsletter, September 2023

Patient Safety Movement

During his speech, Joe provided an overview of the PCAST report recommendations, the current state of patient safety efforts and strategies for reaching ZERO, and issues around opioid safety. Through this year’s slogan “Elevate the voice of patients!”