By Matt Fisher – You go to a website and begin looking around for a healthcare product. In the current times, that can mean searching for a prescription drug that is not permitted in certain states or trying to get easier access because going to a doctor’s office doesn’t fit in with a busy or really many regular schedules.
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New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guests the Healthcare NOW Radio hosts. Dr. Nick talked to some of his fellow show hosts to get their take on what to expect in the coming year in healthcare.
By Matt Fisher – An individual’s right of access to protected health information granted by HIPAA remains both an area of concern and focus. The tension is especially important given the increasing desire of individuals to obtain information about themselves and the expanding…
By Matt Fisher – Stop if you’ve heard this story before: a dental practice was unhappy with patient reviews left on Yelp, so responded. In responding, the practice disclosed patient information including names and diagnoses. That is the basic outline of the latest settlement announced by the OCR to resolve an alleged HIPAA violation.
By Matt Fisher – Gifting for the holiday season was kicked off early by the Department of Health and Human Services with some developments that should be welcome. The releases are part of an ongoing effort to improve understanding and alignment in healthcare.
Health IT business news from Dedalus, SeamlessMD, Sphere, Carium, Hallmark Health Care Solutions, Rimidi, HITRUST, VIDA Diagnostics, Clear Arch Health, Verana Health, Raintree Systems, emtelligent, iCAD, Google Health, Inovalon, Epic systems, Verana Health, and more.
By Matt Fisher – Can clinical relevance be found in all of the data collected by wearable devices that individuals use? It is a key question around the use of such devices, especially as consumer devices grow in ubiquity along with corresponding rises in adoption.
Business and financial news from Carium, SonarMD, SeamlessMD, Roetzel, Get Well, iCAD, Lumeon, MDClone, Healios, Equality Health, Curebase, Atropos Health, Edifecs, DarioHealth, Rimidi and more.
By Matt Fisher – When a data breach impacts an organization a number of parallel processes should optimally begin to come into play. One of the more important aspects is determining the contents of a breach notification that will go out.