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Board Portals: Are They Improving Governance Effectiveness?
While most health care governing boards may still rely on paper packets and board agenda books for board and committee meetings, adoption of board portals— Web-based, online workspaces that support health care governance—appears to be catching up with use in other sectors.
Bill would align privacy regulations to improve care for SUD patients
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., reintroduced the Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act, AHA-supported legislation that would modernize privacy regulations affecting the disclosure of substance use disorder treatment records to better enable health care providers to coordinate care.
How Hospitals Can Prepare for Inevitable Breaches of Patient Data
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A series of high-profile breaches underscored the vulnerability of online records and the ability of cyber-criminals to
FDA authorizes COVID-19 convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for investigational convalescent plasma to treat suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.
Letter to CMS Administration on Implementation of No Surprises Act
The American Hospital Association appreciates the opportunity to work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on implementation of the No Surprises Act.
Coronavirus Update: CMS Broadens Access to Telehealth during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced several waivers and policy changes to broaden access to telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 public health emergency. CMS also released a Frequently Asked Questions document about the changes included in its announcement.
AHA comments on proposed changes to SUD patient records regulation
AHA today voiced support for several proposed changes to the federal regulation governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients’ records that would reduce the burden and delay associated with accessing certain recovery services and add declared disasters to the list of exceptions.
Alexa: ‘Will patients share their information with you?’
Amazon Alexa is now HIPAA compliant. The company recently launched six Alexa voice health tools built by providers, payers, pharmacy benefit managers and digital health coaching companies that allow organizations to securely transmit private patient information. The Alexa Skills Kit enables select covered entities and business associates subject to HIPAA to build Alexa skills so they can transmit and receive protected health information as part of an invite-only program.