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Talking About PTSD Awareness Day
PTSD Awareness Day is annually held on June 27th, working to help those living with the condition while raising awareness with the general public.
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Secure Texting
Bobbi Weber
Texting Your Way to Better Care: Enhancing Patient Engagement Through HIPAA-Compliant Contact Centers
Enhance patient engagement with HIPAA-compliant texting in call centers for secure, efficient, and accessible care.
Bobbi Weber4 min read
Secure Texting
Krishna Kurapati
Covert Texting? Weigh Your Options
For the healthcare professional, covert texting represents a simple choice between doing either what is immediate but risky, or what is deliberate yet secure. Expressing it any other way is overcomplicating the issue.
Krishna Kurapati5 min read
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jolean-sheffield
Can Texting with Patients Reduce Readmissions?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defines what a hospital readmission is. “An admission to an acute care hospital within 30 days of discharge from the same or another acute care hospital.” They have created several programs to deal with the problem of readmissions. In an effort to reduce the number of patients returning to the hospital, they have lowered reimbursements to the hospital for medicare and medicaid patients.
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Best PracticesKrishna Kurapati
The Concentra HIPAA Breach and Mobile Device Encryption
In a story covered on about HIPAA Breach in Healthcare IT News this week, the HHS Office for Civil Rights settled with two organizations for just under a combined $2 million this week after it was discovered that both had PHI-containing unencrypted laptops stolen.
Krishna Kurapati2 min read
Value-Based CareBobbi Weber
The Financial Upside of Closing Care Gaps in Care
Gaps in care harm health and raise costs. QliqSOFT's digital outreach automates patient engagement, boosting screenings and outcomes.
Bobbi Weber3 min read
Best PracticesKrishna Kurapati
The HIPAA Audit Program, Part 1
As many CIOs or Compliance Officers can attest, it’s impossible to attend a healthcare privacy or security conference these days without running into Leon Rodriguez. Rodriguez, the Director of OCR/HHS, gives the same presentation at these events time and again, and, without fail, draws the highest attendance of any particular event session. While Rodriguez holds himself well at the podium, attendees are not exactly lining up in the standing room only section of the banquet hall to see public speaking virtuosity. No, they are there for the terrifying subject matter: the HIPAA Audit Program.
Krishna Kurapati3 min read
Best PracticesKrishna Kurapati
The HIPAA Audit Program, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we examined the purpose and general background of the HIPAA Audit Program. In this second part of the series, we will take an in-depth look into the HIPAA Audit findings to see what issues are tripping up providers the most. Remember: while the pilot phase of the program was intended to be educational, OCR has stated that future violations can and will be accompanied by sanctions, up to and including civil monetary penalties.
Krishna Kurapati3 min read
Best PracticesKrishna Kurapati
The HIPAA Audit Program, Part 3
In Part 2 of this three-part series, we took a deep look into the preliminary HIPAA Audit findings and observed the most common infractions identified by OCR. Specifically, security gaps accounted for the majority of results, with the lack of risk assessments and inadequate mobile device security being two of the most cited weaknesses. Fortunately for those selected in the 2012 pilot phase of the audits, OCR was primarily focused on using the exercise to educate covered entities of serious HIPAA issues.
Krishna Kurapati3 min read
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The Importance of Family Health & Fitness Day
Held on Saturday, June 12th, Family Health & Fitness Day promotes the importance of parks and recreation helping keep families and communities active.
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brittanie-pervier
The QliqMINUTE: How Can Healthcare Leaders Leverage Digital Tools to Improve Disaster Preparedness?
The recent tornadic activity across the United States is part of a growing trend of climate-related disasters that has more than doubled in 2021 over the previous year. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. broke the record at 18 climate disasters by October.
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Best Practicesbrittanie-pervier
The QliqMINUTE: How Can Hospitals Best Support Staff During The Labor Shortage?
1 in 5 healthcare workers has already quit their jobs since the pandemic began. More alarming is that nearly 20 percent of remaining professionals have considered leaving healthcare altogether. We spoke with Heather Rambeau, the Chief Nursing Officer at Coryell Health, to learn what strategies genuinely make an impact.
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