Contact tracing is critical, in managing and mitigating risk associated with any epidemic or pandemic such as in the case of COVID-19. Real Time Location Services can be a value add in these situations due to the following abilities: Rapid deployment in environments such as tents, arenas or other temporary buildings. Providing location accuracy of […]
Turns out that in healthcare, the number one riskiest device is the pneumatic tube system, followed by uninterruptible power supply, HL7 Gateway, PACS Archive, radiotherapy system, sterilization, physical access control, radiology workstations, HVAC, and programmable logic controllers! This was determined by an assessment that Forescout Research Labs did recently on enterprise IoT. Don’t know about […]
A while back the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) published a draft document about a project they want to do around reference architecture. This would attempt to address the security and privacy risks related to telehealth capabilities, such as remote patient monitoring (RPM) used in the home. […]
Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a major impact on health outcomes, quality of care and healthcare costs – a person’s race, ethnicity, income level, or geographic location has more influence on that person’s physical and mental health than many clinical factors. A recent report in Health Affairs showed that many accountable care organizations (ACOs) lack data on […]
I’ve had the pleasure of a recent experience with three different telemedicine visits and I wanted to share what I learned from those as a patient, as a consumer of ehealth. My first visit was with my orthopeadic surgeon who was using an off the shelf video conferencing tool. My second visit was with another […]
The 2019 MIPS data submission deadline is behind extended by 30 days to April 30, 2020. If you have already submitted MIPS data or if you submit MIPS data by April 30, 2020, you will be scored and receive a MIPS payment adjustment based on the data you submit. MIPS eligible clinicians who have not submitted […]
Alex Azar issued a limited waiver of certain HIPAA sanctions to improve data sharing and patient care during the pandemic. HHS first declared the Coronavirus a public health emergency on January 31. COVID-19 is increasing data sharing challenges within the healthcare sector, including what information can be shared with family members, public health officials, and emergency personnel. The Project […]
