Employee Fired for Inappropriately Accessing EHR Records
Even an ‘Internal Breach’ is a Breach
According to an announcement on its website, Alabama-based DCH Health Systems fired an employee for accessing and viewing over 2,500 patient records “without a legitimate business need related to the employee’s job duties.”
The notice said the breach was discovered “during a routine privacy audit.”
The records that may have been accessed and viewed without authorization include names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, dates of encounter, diagnoses, vital signs, medications, test results, and clinical/provider notes.
DCH said it does not know if t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Semel Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Security and Privacy DCH Health Systems HIPAA HIPAA Audit HIPAA Breach HIPAA Breach Notification Rule HIPAA Fines HIPAA Internal Breach HIPA Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
A Look at the 21st Century Cures Act With Micky Tripathi. Who better to talk to the Healthcare IT Today community about interoperability than the National Coordinator himself? John Lynn talked to Micky about how the 21st Century Cures Act making an impact for good on patients and clinicians, among other topics. Read more…
The Role of Innovation and...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Patient Experience with Revenue Cycle Management
So often in talking about Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) the focus is placed onto the organization. How do we improve RCM? How to can we incorporate digital solutions into RCM? Because when talking about the money of an organization, we automatically look towards the business of the organization. However, that leaves out one huge piece of RCM. The patient. Without the patient, there is no one giving you the revenue you are trying to manage. So let’s take a moment and focus on the patient’s experience with RCM.
We reached out to our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on what RCM looks ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management Advata Cedar Firstsource Healthcare Costs Helen Lamons Noel Felip Source Type: blogs
Shortening Hospital Discharges: Technical and Workflow Solutions
This article looks at some technical solutions.
Ali Parsa, CEO and founder of Babylon, an AI and digital health platform, says discharge planning doesn’t require “massive amounts of technology” or “rocket science”; just good planning from the beginning of the stay. Indeed, one research study (suggested to me by Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge, Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of HealthTap) achieved a significant time saving through low-tech measures such as checklists.
Other respondents, however, reported that their solutions were making a difference in discharges.
Weaknesses of Current Technology
W...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC ABOUT Ali Parsa AvaSure Babylon Cindy Gaines CipherHealth Cloudticity Cynthia Davis Da Source Type: blogs
Digital Innovation and AI in Revenue Cycle Management
Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are two huge topics recently in the world of Healthcare IT. We’ve talked about the many areas in which they are actively making a difference, and the areas in which they could make a difference, if applied. Let’s now take a look at how it can impact Revenue Cycle Management!
We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. The following is what they had to say.
Amit Jayakar, Vice President Commercial Operations at Fathom
Coding is the key to successfully generating revenue, yet highly specialized medical coders are underutilize...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management AdvancedMD Amit Jayakar Amy Brown Authenticx Bryan Ten Broek CareCloud CDI Craig Adkins Dawn Crump Source Type: blogs
Where are EHRs headed in 2023?
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations. Because of that, we wanted to dedicate an entire article to where EHRs are headed in 2023.
We connected with MEDITECH, EPIC, eClinicalWorks, ModMed, NextGen Healthcare, athenahealth, and Elation Health. We asked them all the same 2 questions:
What can customers expect from you in 2023?
What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023?
Here are their responses.
MEDITECH – Leah Farina, Vice President of Client Services and Carol Labadini, Vice President of ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System 2023 Health IT Predictions athenahealth Carol Labadini David Sides Dr Michael Rivers eClinicalWorks EHRs Elation Health Electronic Health Records Epic Kyna Fong Leah F Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v4 and its accompanying Standards Bulletin. USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that enables data exch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 3M Allina Health Ayble Health Cameron Deemer Castell CenTrak CloudWave Cone Health digital pathology DocGo Dr. B DrFirst Edifecs Elevate Addiction Services Franciscan Health GE Healthcare Gradient Health H Source Type: blogs
Maximize your practice ’ s revenue: Follow these 5 billing metrics
This article reviews the top 5 billing metrics and benchmarks you should be aware of to track your
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Maximize your practice’s revenue: Follow these 5 billing metrics originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Heather Signorelli, MD and Aaron Morgenstein, MD Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Consumerism – 2023 Health IT Predictions
As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions:
Healthcare Security and Risk
Healthcare AI
Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care
Healthcare Workforce
Telehealth and RPM
Pharma
Health E...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2023 Health IT Predictions Adrienne Boissy Brad Kittredge Brightside Health Cedar Cleveland Clinic Craig Worland Dave Bennett Derek Streat DexCare Diana Zuskov Source Type: blogs
Revenue Cycle Management Company RSi Announces Acquisition of Invicta Health Solutions
Decisive move brings Invicta’s Insurance Discovery, Claim Status, Eligibility Verification, Medicaid Enrollment, and Out-of-State Medicaid Billing solutions to the RSi portfolio
RSi, LLC, a leading national provider of revenue cycle services for the hospital and large physician practice market, has announced its acquisition of Invicta Health Solutions, LLC (Invicta). Invicta, based in Houston, Texas, has earned a reputation for progressive tech integrations, unique partnerships with established entities, and a mastery of business intelligence to recast traditional revenue cycle management services such as Insuranc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Brent Rollins Derek Shaw Donny Zamora Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Invicta Health Solutions Jude Crowell Matt Carroll RCM RCM Acquisitions RSi WestView Capital P Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – January 7, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Top Healthcare IT Today Posts of 2022. As 2023 begins, take a look back at the top resources, articles, videos, and podcasts from Healthcare IT Today in 2022. You’ll find product reviews, predictions, reports from conferences, and lots of content on popular topics such as EMRs and RPM. Read more…
2023 Health IT Predictions: Telehealth and Rem...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don ’t Panic
The following is a guest article by Mariann Yeager, CEO at The Sequoia Project.
What a difference a day makes.
On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before.
Why was that so important? Because penalties for information blocking – that is, any practice that interferes with access, exchange, or use of electronic health data – are tied to the definition of EHI. With many more types of health information specifically included as EHI, organizations regulated under the 21st Century Cures Ac...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Interoperability Regulations 21st Century Cures Act eHI EHR Software electronic health data Electronic Health Information Health Information Exchange Health In Source Type: blogs
Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions
As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
Check out our community’s telehealth and RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) predictions.
Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi, Chief Medical Officer at BrainCheck
Digitally-enabled care is the future of tel...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 2023 Health IT Predictions Ankit Gupta Bicycle Health BrainCheck Carlene MacMillan Chris Sullivan Dan Trigub David Feldman Epicore Biosystems MedArrive Medisafe Source Type: blogs
Healthcare, Meet Southwest
BY KIM BELLARD
Customers experiencing long, often inexplicable delays, their experiences turning from hopeful to angry to afraid they’ll never get back home. Staff overworked and overwhelmed. IT systems failing at the times they’re most needed. To most people, that all probably sounds like Southwest Airline’s debacle last week, but, to me, it just sounds like every day in our healthcare system.
Southwest had a bad week. All the airlines were hit by a huge swath of bad weather the weekend before Christmas, but most airlines recovered relatively quickly. Southwest passengers were not...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Bob Jordan Casey Murray Kim Bellard Southwest Airlines Source Type: blogs
The transformation of doctors into “ Dr. Widgets ”
It has finally happened, I have transitioned to viewing myself as a widget, a depersonalized interface between the EMR and the patient. I am the unnamed device that collects the patient data and subsequently transcribes it into prose for billing purposes and maybe the occasional colleague review. There is a bit of curious comfort in
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The transformation of doctors into “Dr. Widgets” originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 29, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Susan MacLellan-Tobert, MD Tags: Physician Health IT Primary Care Source Type: blogs
