TigerText, which offers secure mobile messaging to healthcare companies, announced an $8.2 million round of funding led by Easton Capital and New Science Ventures. This second round of funding brings the company’s total backing to more than $10 million.
The Santa Monica-based company’s flagship product, TigerText Pro for Business, enables HIPAA-compliant messaging between nurses, physicians, and [...]
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iMedicor to provide CMS-certified gateway for secure and private exchange of health information
iMedicor (PINKSHEETS: VMCI) today announced it is adding esMD (Electronic Submission of Medical Data) and HIH (Health Information Handler) technology and certifications to iMedicor’s flagship service, the HIPAA-compliant Social Health Information Exchange (SocialHIE).
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Characterizing providers’ immunization communication practices during health supervision visits with vaccine-hesitant parents: A pilot study.
CONCLUSION: Direct observation of immunization discussions in the primary care pediatric setting is feasible and yields insight into several provider-parent immunization communication practices that are worthy of further study to determine which are effective at improving parental acceptance of immunization.
PMID: 22230593 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Vaccine)
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Health organizations not prepared for HIPAA audits
A new survey’s report comes as federal authorities say they would expand enforcement of patient privacy and security requirements. (Source: American Medical News – BUSINESS)
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The Marvels of Technology Missing in Health IT
Source: John, EMR and HIPAA Content: “While experiencing this amazing connectivity, I canât help but think of how poor so much of the connectivity in healthcare is. Thatâs right. We can find a way to offer internet connectivity at 30,000 feet in an aircraft moving hundreds of miles per hour and yet we canât get [...]
A Possible Mobile Health App to Compliment EMR #mhs11
Source: John, EMR and HIPAA Content: “One of the really interesting companies that Iâve seen at both the Digital Health Conference in NYC and now at the mHealth Summit in DC is a company called Force Therapeutics. This company is part of the Startup Health crew of companies and have a pretty interesting product for [...]
Regulations, EHRs Lead to Demand for Specific Talents in Health Care IT
Source: Brian T. Horowitz, eWeek Content: “Health care IT has a shortage of perfect candidates, yet government regulations such as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are creating an urgency for personnel in health care technology more than ever before.
“It’s reached a [...]
Privacy, Confidentiality, HIPAA, and HITECH: Implications for the Health Care Practitioner
Abstract:
The duty to maintain a patient’s health records dates back to the 4th century BC. Within the health care system, privacy and confidentiality are a part of the provider’s requirements for quality health care. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 addresses the privacy and security of health care records. Title I ensures [...]
New HIPAA rule would show who sees health information
A proposed change to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act would give people the
right to see who has electronically accessed their protected health information. (Source: Medical Economics – Technology)
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