Leveraging Business Intelligence for COVID-19 Screening
There are many opportunities in healthcare IT that have been exponentially embraced as our entire world faces an unprecedented health crisis. Anything digital (such as Digital Learning for Healthcare Training) or something that supports medicine practiced at arm’s length (or six-feet-apart, to be technical) is gaining traction as PPE quantities dwindle and the Coronavirus infection rates skyrocket.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions – Healthcare and Mike Archuleta present “Why the “Who” Matters: Effective Identity Management for Cybersecurity
Digital healthcare is the new norm. Clearly, healthcare organizations have their hands full as patient touchpoints increase and regulations require broader access to patient data. Patients are increasingly taking control of their own health to view medical records, communicate with physicians and schedule appointments. This only opens up more attack points for hackers to steal patient identities.
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Washington Debrief – New E-notifications Condition of Participation from CMS
CMS just released its final Interoperability and Patient Access rule which requires hospitals, through a Condition of Participation, to send real-time ADT notifications to patients’ practitioners, practice groups, entities, and post-acutes for treatment, care coordination, or quality improvement activities. Hospitals have 6 months to be in compliance with the new requirement.
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Flattening the Cyber Curve
The COVID-19 outbreak reaching pandemic proportions rightly has the World worrying about means of reducing transmission rates in order to keep our health systems from being overwhelmed.
Learn moreThe Vital Role that HIEs can Play in Disease Control and Outbreak Management
Our world has changed. (How’s that for an understatement?) We’re collectively watching and waiting as the Coronavirus Pandemic is impacting our entire world, and many are feeling the pressure of uncertainty for both our health and our economic futures. The lasting impacts and true cost of this outbreak are yet to be determined, but we’re simultaneously learning a lot about what our healthcare system can and cannot support.
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Medicare and Medicaid Allows Doctors to Practice Across State Lines
One of the biggest health IT related news items to come out was the announcement by Vice President Mike Pence that HHS was issuing a regulation to permit doctors to practice across state lines. State Medical Licensure is something that has baffled many of us that have worked in healthcare.
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CMS Delays MIPS and Automatically Applies Hardship Exemption for Non-Submission
We previously shared that the MIPS program could be suspended or otherwise delayed. Today, CMS officially announced a delay to MIPS 2019 reporting which extends the deadline for 2019 MIPS data submission from March 31, 2020 to April 30, 2020.
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Digital Leaders in COVID-19 Hot Spots Share 8 Key Lessons Learned
Digital leaders at the forefront of containing COVID-19 in the U.S. are using novel and innovative strategies to expedite care for those in need while also protecting their patients, clinicians and teams from exposure to the virus. Health IT executives from two COVID-19 hotspots – Seattle and metro New York – share lessons learned to help others around the country proactively manage patients, assist providers, conserve limited resources and avoid exceeding their healthcare system’s capacity to handle the pandemic.
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COVID-19 Telehealth Considerations
Many healthcare providers have been working to define and implement a telehealth strategy over the past several years. In the initiatives I’ve been involved with, this has generally been a slow march through figuring out the legal, reimbursement, compliance, and physician staffing and compensation implications. With current events, this timeline has obviously accelerated, with IT and clinical staff being tasked with standing up telehealth programs in weeks, if not days, to deal with Covid-19. Telehealth is a key tool to limit visitors at a time of overcapacity, to reduce the risk of infection spread, and to manage non-Covid-19 care when clinics are closed.
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Enlisting Key Stakeholders in Cybersecurity Strategy: It’s a Team Effort
Healthcare is the highest targeted sector in direct relation to cybersecurity. Cybersecurity attacks have the capability to bring productivity and operations to a complete stand still within any industry.
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AEHIS Incident Response Committee Provides Guide for Health IT Leaders
As reports of Coronavirus cases continue to rise, the AEHIS Incident Response Committee has written a guide for healthcare IT leaders to help them prepare for the impact of outbreaks on their organizations. The committee highlights some of the information technology and information security issues organizations should consider for planning purposes.
Learn moreCOVID-19 Concerns Drive Virtual Training Adoption
Together, we are facing a global health environment that we have never seen before. The COVID-19 virus is not only impacting the health and wellbeing of our patient populations, but it is disrupting the way we interact, connect, and educate ourselves.
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