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The Complete Epic Implementation Guide For 2025

Arkenea

Epic Systems dominates the electronic health record (EHR) market, powering over 250 million patient records across the United States. Clear communication about implementation timelines, training schedules, and support resources helps reduce anxiety and resistance to change.

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RAG in Healthcare: Your Complete Guide to Its Implementation

Arkenea

From electronic health records and clinical research papers to medical imaging reports and patient communications, the sheer volume of healthcare information grows exponentially each year. Data Silos : Different departments often use separate AI tools that can’t communicate or share insights across the organization.

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6 aspects to consider when choosing the right medical coding partner for your practice 

Health Prime

Read more about this in our blog How to make sure your Business Associates are HIPAA Compliant. It is imperative to assess the coding partner’s technology infrastructure and compatibility with your practice management or Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

State Attorneys General can also impose financial penalties on HIPAA-covered entities and business associates for violations of the HIPAA Rules. Hackers had exploited a vulnerability in the Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) via its vendor Alliance HealthCare.

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The Complete Know How on EMR API Integration

Arkenea

EMR API integration may be the key to achieve better communication between care providers, systems, and offer scalability. We will also dive into the process of EMR API integration in the later part of the article. This streamlines healthcare process, making it convenient for patients, thereby enhancing satisfaction rate. 2.

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UnitedHealth Group Confirms Data Stolen in Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

The HIPAA Journal

The AHA explained in the letter that Change Healthcare is a covered entity and, as such, has a duty to notify OCR and the affected individuals about any data breach, even in cases where Change Healthcare acts as a business associate. pharmacies and serves 129 million patients.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

The HIPAA Journal

Individuals suffering from substance abuse disorder (SUD) must also be able to get the treatment they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has meant changes needed to be made to 42 CFR Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (Part 2) regulations. A definition has been added for electronic health records.

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