[ad_1] 2. We Must Roll Back Erosion of Trust in Healthcare Trust was a recurring theme throughout the conference. ATA Chair-Elect Dr. Sreekanth Chaguturu, executive vice president and chief medical officer of CVS Health, spoke passionately about the significant drop in trust in institutions, including healthcare institutions, over the past several years. Rebuilding that trust…

[ad_1] Healthcare leaders discuss solutions to retain their nurses. From left to right: Moderator Tearsanee Davis, Director of Clinical Programs and Strategy for the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Center for Telehealth; Pamela Ograbisz, Associate Vice President of Telehealth, LocumTenens.com and LT Telehealth; Ashley VonNida, Chief Nursing Officer, Equum Medical; Sarah Bell, Nurse Administrator for…

[ad_1] “If you can do it right, the hybrid model is one of the ways by which you can actually operationalize telehealth in a broader context,” said Sara Vaezy, chief strategy and digital officer for Providence.  She and other healthcare leaders at the 2023 American Telemedicine Association Conference and Expo shared their insights on the…

[ad_1] ATA Surveys the Current Telehealth Landscape and What’s Next ATA Board Chair Kristi Henderson, who is also CEO of MedExpress and senior vice president of the Optum Center for Digital Health, delivered the first keynote address of the conference. Henderson said the stories she shared during a TEDx talk in 2014 — from connecting…

[ad_1] When the organization accomplishes milestones such as HITRUST certification, he says, that information is shared with the insurance provider and becomes part of how UPMC’s premiums are calculated. “Over the past few years especially, I’ve seen them ask more detailed questions about what we’re doing in specific areas, including encryption and certifications. They’re asking…

[ad_1] The healthcare industry is flooded with data. For decades, through changes in regulatory guideline and advances in technology, healthcare organizations have struggled to manage patient, clinical and billing data safely. Organizations are now sifting through large amounts of existing data, but experts…

[ad_1] Zero Trust and NIST SP 800-207 The National Institutes of Standards and Technology brought private and public partnerships together to discuss how to develop a framework to defend against attacks. On Aug. 11, 2020, NIST released “Special Publication (SP) 800-207: Zero Trust Architecture,” which discussed deployment models and recommended a roadmap for how to…

[ad_1] What Is Protected Health Information? According to UC Berkeley’s Human Research Protection Program, PHI includes any information found in medical records or clinical data sets that can be used to identify an individual. In addition, this information must have been collected, used or disclosed while providing a healthcare service. PHI can be used during…