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Overview: This lesson will be going into great detail regarding you practice or business information technology and how it relates to the HIPAA Security Rule, in particular portable devices and personally owned devices. Areas covered will be texting, email, encryption, medical messaging, voice data and risk factors as they relate to IT. I will uncover myths versus reality as it relates to this very enigmatic law based on over 600 risk assessments performed as well as years of experience in dealing directly with the Office of Civil Rights HIPAA auditors. I will also speak to real life audits conducted by the Federal government (I've been on both sides of these audits) what your highest risks are for being fined (some of the risk factors may surprise you). In addition this course will cover the highest risk factors for being sued for wrongful disclosures of PHI and the manner in which patients are now using state laws to sue for wrongful disclosures.  Don't always believe what you read online about HIPAA, especially as it relates to encryption and IT, there are a lot of groups selling more than is necessarily required.  Why should you Attend: HIPAA NOW HAS TEETH! Be prepared for what's new in 2016! Protect your practice or business! What factors might spurn a HIPAA audit? …are you doing these things? Why are the Feds enforcing after all these years?  It is important to understand the new changes going on at Health and Human Services as it relates to enforcement of HIPAA for both covered entities and business associates as it relates to portable devices, texting, and emailing of PHI. You need to know how to avoid being low hanging in terms of audit risk as well as being sued by individuals who have had their PHI wrongfully discloses due to bad IT practices. I have also been expert witness on multiple court cases where a business or medical practice is being sued for not doing their due diligence to minimize risk.  Areas Covered in the Session: Update

Overview:  Emotionally difficult or painful conversations are very common in health care. Consequently, it is quite remarkable that health care training programs do not spend more time teaching future health professionals the kinds of emotional and relational skills that are often required in these kinds of patient-provider interactions. This presentation will discuss the architecture of the painful conversation by examining : Its effect on the professional's sense of self and especially his or her need to preserve self-esteem The critical role of feelings and emotions, and The nature and value of empathy. The latter half of the presentation will consist of various strategic and practical recommendations so that emotionally challenging conversations might be conducted artfully, especially with "difficult" or "impossible" patients. Areas Covered in the Session: By the end of this presentation, learners will be able to: Relate the painful conversation to their construction of their professional "self"; Explain how an ability to control one's feelings can influence the success or failure of an emotionally difficult conversation; List a number of empathic responses that are useful in conducting difficult conversations Who Will Benefit: Any health professional who has to communicate with others. Speaker Profile John D. Banja is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and a medical ethicist at the Center for Ethics at Emory University. He also directs the Section on Ethics for the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Emory. Dr. Banja received a doctorate degree in philosophy from Fordham University in New York and has taught and lectured on topics in medical ethics throughout the United States. He has authored or coauthored over 200 publications and has delivered over 800 invited presentations at regional, national, and international conferences. He currently serves as the Editor of the American Journal

Overview: I will uncover myths versus reality as it relates to this very enigmatic law based on over 600 risk assessments performed as well as years of experience in dealing directly with the Office of Civil Rights HIPAA auditors. I will also speak to real life audits conducted by the Federal government (I've been on both sides of these audits) what your highest risks are for being fined (some of the risk factors may surprise you). In addition this course will cover the highest risk factors for being sued for wrongful disclosures of PHI and the manner in which patients are now using state laws to sue for wrongful disclosures. Don't always believe what you read online about HIPAA, especially as it relates to what the government expects, I will uncover what is and isn't considered a high risk. Why should you Attend: HIPAA NOW HAS TEETH! Be prepared for what's new in 2016! Protect your practice or business! What factors might spurn a HIPAA audit? …are you doing these things? Why are the Feds enforcing after all these years? It is important to understand the new changes going on at Health and Human Services as it relates to enforcement of HIPAA for both covered entities and business associates as it relates to portable devices, texting, and emailing of PHI. You need to know how to avoid being low hanging in terms of audit risk as well as being sued by individuals who have had their PHI wrongfully discloses due to bad IT practices. I have also been expert witness on multiple court cases where a business or medical practice is being sued for not doing their due diligence to minimize risk. Areas Covered in the Session: Factors that can get you audited What to do if audited How to avoid an audit altogether Business associates and the increased burden Emailing of PHI Texting of PHI BYOD Updates for 2016 Who Will Benefit: Practice Managers Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT comp

Overview: Being in compliance with HIPAA involves not only ensuring you provide the appropriate patient rights and controls on your uses and disclosures of protected health information, but you also have the proper policies and procedures in place. If audited or the subject of a compliance review you will be required to show the government you have all the necessary documentation in place for safeguarding patient Protected Health Information and indicate how you addressed all required security safeguards. This starts with the fundamentals of a HIPAA compliance program. If your healthcare practice or office manager needs to understand what all the HIPAA requirements are or make sure the current program is adequate and can withstand government scrutiny, please join us for this informative and interactive course.  Why should you Attend: The practice or office manager is the backbone of any healthcare office. Besides being responsible for many of the daily operations within an office, the practice manager is often tasked with managing the HIPAA compliance program. Knowing what is required is critically important.  Attendees will leave the course clearly understanding of all the requirements for a comprehensive HIPAA compliance program and to make sure the practice has the proper policies and procedures in place. After completing this course, a practice or office manager will have a clear understanding for what needs to be place when it comes to all of the HIPAA regulations.  Areas Covered in the Session: Why was HIPAA created? Who Must Comply with HIPAA Requirements? What are the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules? The Role of the HIPAA Security and Privacy Official What is a HIPAA Compliance Program? What is a HIPAA Risk Management Plan? What is meant by "Required" and "Addressable" Implementation Specifications? What are Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards Requirements? What is a HIPAA Risk Assessment? What are HIPAA training requirements?

Fungicides are biological active substances or biocides that kill specific fungal species or fungi. A fungicide restricts their proliferation. Fungi are known to cause serious economic damages in agriculture, causing financial losses, quality, and crop loss. Increasing demand for food is expected to propel growth of the seed treatment fungicides market. For instance, according to Food and Agriculture Organization, Asia Pacific needs to increase their food production by up to 77% by 2050 to meet food demand of increasing population. Moreover, decrease in arable land is also expected to aid in growth of the market. For instance, according to the study 'Will Limited Land, Water, and Energy Control Human Population Numbers in the Future', published in the journal Human Ecology, the amount of arable land available per person will decrease to 1500m² by 2050 from 4000m² in 1961. Approval of new pesticides and fungicides is expected to offer lucrative growth opportunities for players in the seed treatment fungicides market. For instance, in December 2019, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of 10 pesticide products on hemp in time for the 2020 growing season, which include nine Biopesticides, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-blog.blogspot.com/2021/03/increasing-demand-for-food-and-approval.html

Practice management system helps manage the daily operations of an organization. The system helps organization (or facility) to settle meetings with specialists, record persistent information, keep up record, create last reports, etc. A medical practice management system provides staff members with real-time visibility into each patient's availability, enabling them to quickly identify potential scheduling problems. The system send email or text message (appointment reminders) to patients, reducing the possibility of a full-blown event that could negatively impact patient flow. Practice management system find wide application across various verticals in an industry. Increasing integration of healthcare system with practice management solutions is expected to propel the growth of the practice management system market. For instance, in January 2021, Brevium, an innovative SaaS company in the healthcare sector announced that it has extended the integration of its software with one of the premier electronic practice management systems in the U.S., Nextech. Moreover, rising incentives by federal government are also expected to foster the practice management system market growth. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-blog.blogspot.com/2021/01/rapid-growth-of-healthcare-industry-to.html

The patient registry software market is expected to witness a significant growth over the next five years. The reason for this is the ever-expanding focus on healthcare delivery, particularly in the non-clinical fields of patient care, education, prevention and public health. Patient safety is being continuously refined with the advent of new devices and applications in the clinical laboratories. Certain drivers are also behind the patient registry growth. These include adoption of EHR, creation of patient registries to track patient records, and greater use of electronic medical records (EMR) for post-marketing management. Increasing prevalence of cancer and other chronic disorders is expected to propel growth of the global patient registry software market. For instance, according to the study, "Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition", published in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, in September 2019, 463 million people are expected to suffer from diabetes in 2019 worldwide and the number is expected to reach 578 million by 2030 and 700 million by 2045. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-blog.blogspot.com/2020/12/increasing-prevalence-of-cancer-and.html

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Nurse call system makes an all-in one solution for both your nurse call needs as well as wireless nurse phone calls. These systems have been some of the best in the market these days in that they can incorporate any old piece of hospital equipment into a single unified call center system. With an integrated system, you can now use your pager, digital radio, or even your cell phone to dial in, and you can get live access to your nurses through a large LCD screen. Nurses can use this system at the reception desk or even while on the job. For those who wish to be constantly on the go, the system also features an LCD screen with a large touch pad that makes it easy to navigate and input data. A digital radio, headset, and other necessary hardware are all included in the package for the best experience possible. There are many options to choose from in this type of system, depending on how much you want to spend. The biggest thing to consider is how much you need and whether you want a more basic system, or a more advanced system like a fully integrated one. Each system comes with a long warranty, so if ever there was a time when you needed a system to replace, you are covered. High prevalence of chronic disorders is expected to propel growth of the global nurse call systems market. For instance, according to the study, "Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition", published in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, in September 2019, 463 million people are expected to suffer from diabetes in 2019 worldwide and the number is expected to reach 578 million by 2030 and 700 million by 2045. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-blog.blogspot.com/2020/12/high-prevalence-of-chronic-disorders-to.html

Patient monitoring refers to the collection and analysis of medical data from one or more health settings (such as in hospitals or doctor's offices) for use by health care providers and other professionals in order to detect changes in an individual's medical status and to provide treatment options as needed. In health care, patient monitoring is generally the measurement of one or more medical parameters over extended periods of time, usually at different health care settings (such as in doctor's offices or hospitals). Patient monitoring may be implemented in many different health care settings including primary care offices, emergency rooms, doctors' offices, nursing homes, private practices, and government agencies. Most patient monitoring systems contain software that collect and store medical data in a database that is accessible to multiple health care providers and to health care facilities. High prevalence of chronic disorders is expected to propel growth of the global remote patient monitoring devices market over the forecast period. For instance, according to the study, "Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition", published in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, in September 2019, 463 million people are expected to suffer from diabetes in 2019 worldwide and the number is expected to reach 578 million by 2030 and 700 million by 2045. Read More @ https://coherentmarketinsights-blog.blogspot.com/2020/11/high-prevalence-of-chronic-disorders-to.html

Overview: Hospital chargemasters are complex and represent a key component for the revenue cycle of hospitals. Chargemasters are intertwined with coding for services, billing for services, charging for services and even involve the cost reporting process. A myriad of decisions must be made concerning how the chargemaster is organized, impacts on coding and billing, charge structuring, cost accounting, and other processes within the revenue cycle. Whenever decisions are made, policies and procedures should be developed, approved and implemented. A proper system of billing and chargemaster policies and procedures can help to maintain an appropriate compliance stance in a world where ambiguous guidance is often the norm. The development of charges and charge structuring within the chargemaster is a major issue often referred to as transparent pricing. While even the Medicare program maintains that hospitals should charge for everything, the way in which charges are set and amalgamated at the claim level can vary significantly between hospitals. A key issue for the chargemaster is differentiating separately charging from separately reporting. The way in which hospitals make decisions about the bundling of charges at the line-item level within the chargemaster leads to many decisions, all of which need justification through proper policies and procedures. Due consideration must be given to departmental concerns about revenue generation, cost reporting implications, coding implications and any associate challenges with billing and claims filing. Why should you Attend: See Typical Questions - Here are some reworded marketing questions: Why are the chargemaster and hospital billing targets of compliance audits? How should we prioritize statutory and contractual compliance for the chargemaster and billing process? Will chargemaster and associated billing policies and procedures give us protection relative to compliance? How should we develop a system of chargemaster po

We have seen many protests against surprise medical bills, and the good news is that the federal law regarding this will take effect in January 2022. We can see patients becoming more powerful and the healthcare industry becoming more flexible and cost-efficient. Read more.