The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality, Safety & Oversight Group sent a memo to state survey agency directors, effective immediately, clarifying HIPAA compliance for texting patient information and hospital orders at critical…
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HITRUST has announced that it’s convending what it calls the Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax Consensus Body, with the goal of developing a new standard to enhance and improve the existing security attributes of facsimile-based…
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Te Whatu Ora Waikato has adopted a new attendant task management solution, replacing its old system that had contributed to bottlenecks in patient flow. About 130 attendants of the organisation who manage over 1,200 tasks…
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Over the last decade, healthcare – and more specifically, primary care – has been at an inflection point. As the industry continues to transform with the evolution of digital records, alternative payment models, and…
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It’s no secret that healthcare organizations are taking heavy fire from cyberattacks across their vast IT surfaces and regulators require ever-higher levels of cyber hygiene and defense maturity to protect patients and patient data…
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This year, healthcare data experts will also begin to take on a new role as artificial intelligence trainers, contends Matt Hollingsworth, cofounder and chief innovation officer at Carta Healthcare, a healthcare AI systems company.”Although…
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The 2024 Best in KLAS report was published this week, ranking vendor performance across multiple categories based on evaluations from their own provider and payer clients.Epic – for the 14th year in a row…
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What once seemed sci-fi is now common practice in many areas of healthcare: virtual reality – or, more accurately, augmented reality and extended reality – are finding favor in clinical settings and proving their…
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Large language models, a form of artificial intelligence, are generating a lot of hype in healthcare circles, primarily because of their potential to transform and improve various aspects of healthcare delivery and management. The…
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that its settlement and corrective action with Montefiore Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital system based in New York City, resolves…
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