by Holly Meyer | Jan 4, 2023 | Population Health
Buzzwords are prevalent in the healthcare industry. Each year, there are new words and phrases that dominate discussions by healthcare leaders, administrators, experts, providers and other professionals. For example, a couple years ago, “artificial intelligence”...
by Providertech | Nov 2, 2022 | Patient Engagement, Population Health, Uncategorized
Almost 332 million people live in the United States, 75 percent of whom are adults. With roughly 497,000 primary care physicians (PCPs) in this country — and a shortage expected to continue — it’s nearly impossible for doctors to provide personalized care to each...
by Holly Meyer | Mar 30, 2022 | HIPAA
It’s been more than 25 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was enacted. Since the compliance date of HIPAA’s Privacy Rule in April 2003, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has...
by Holly Meyer | Jan 5, 2022 | Patient Outreach, Security, Uncategorized
The healthcare industry wasn’t always considered a primary target for cybercrime. However, the rapid emergence and adoption of technology by providers along with the vast amounts of protected health information (PHI) they’re required to handle have resulted in it...
by Providertech | Jan 19, 2021 | Patient Communication, Patient Outreach, Population Health, Secure Messaging, Telehealth
There’s no denying that the healthcare industry in the United States has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to many physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals being on the front line caring for patients who contracted the virus,...
