The world of medicine is rapidly advancing, and with the introduction of new technologies come various groundbreaking treatments and discoveries. These advancements within the medical field have revolutionized […]
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The FDA approves the first breath test for coronavirus detection.
The Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind test for coronavirus detection using breath samples on Thursday. The government claims that the test provides results in three minutes, […]
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Business Associate Agreement – When and Why Would You Need One?
Medical providers don’t run their business alone. They work with various third-party vendors to ensure that all their business operations are functioning well while they focus on quality […]
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Strategies to Reduce Patient Safety Risks Within Hospitals
Healthcare in the US has always been troubled, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. It has always been plagued with one issue or the other. Lack of price transparency, […]
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Why Is HIPAA Compliance Important For Healthcare Providers: Top 5 Reasons
The complex HIPAA Compliance law was enacted to ensure companies and or their business associates who deal with protected health information are protecting patient data, as well as […]
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COVID-19 Is Changing HIPAA Compliance- How Can Organizations Adapt?
The novel coronavirus is affecting the whole world like a raging wildfire. As more and more people are being infected with the unstoppable virus, hospitals are being overflowed […]
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Why does the US healthcare system badly need a Unique Patient Identifier?
In a nutshell hospital are busy and complex places where talented and dedicated individuals are doing remarkable work to save lives. Hospitals with proper management systems are able […]
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How can the US healthcare system prevent medical identity theft?
According to the Federal Trade commission, 87,765 cases of medical and insurance related identity theft have been in reported in 2018. Medical identity theft is when someone uses […]
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Why are US Hospitals Choosing Iris Biometrics for Patient Identification?
With the advent of technology, method of identification is rapidly changing. It is becoming increasingly popular in healthcare services. Even in early 2000, we were used to having […]
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Why are US hospitals choosing iris biometrics for patient identification?
The infinite power of human imagination can help utilize what biometrics technologies may look like. Today one of these technologies, iris recognition, has finally been realized. First of […]
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Does Patient Engagement in healthcare services improve the outcome?
Patient engagement refers to the process in which the patients actively work together with the healthcare providers to improve their health, reduce their medical costs and enhance their […]
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The link between patient engagement and patient experience
The link between patient engagement and patient experience and how it reduces the hospital readmission rate To determine the link between patient engagement (which is a broad concept […]
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Best Way to Identify Patients Correctly and Ensure Infection Prevention
Infection control has always been a topmost priority for healthcare providers – they are constantly looking for ways to prevent infection incidents within their facilities, known as hospital-acquired […]
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The Path to Become HIPAA and OSHA Compliant
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, widely known as “OSHA,” was created for all sizes of employers and it requires them to comply with the safety standard […]
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How to Ensure Patient Protection During Telehealth Visits
Telehealth has been largely ignored since its inception by both healthcare providers and patients. For starters, patients were more focused on inpatient visits rather than virtual ones, whereas […]
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5 Ways Patient Identification Addresses Patient Safety Concerns
Healthcare in the US has been plagued with serious issues for years. Even though many might think that the healthcare system is quite advanced, issues such as the […]
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Digitization in Healthcare: How Telemedicines are Changing the Face of Public Health
Digitization is leading to changes in products and services. Health apps show how healthy this development is. They are not only changing, innovative products, but also have the […]
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7 facts that proof HIPAA compliance enhances healthcare security
HIPAA compliance is a matter of documenting varieties of files, making protocols and policies for patient data access and reducing cost for the healthcare system. It often produces […]
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Healthcare Data Breaches – Why and how do they happen?
Even though the novel coronavirus has been creating ruckus across the US healthcare system as well as the rest of the world, one thing is still occurring in […]
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How Do You Become HIPAA Compliant?
The question of how to become HIPAA compliant can be frustrating to healthcare providers because of information bombardment. Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to becoming HIPAA compliant. If […]
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A patient identification platform can solve hospitals’ biggest concerns
The whole concept of EHRs (electronic health records) has a lot of potential within the US healthcare system. When EHRs were introduced, they were supposed to digitalize medical […]