Healthcare in the US has always been troubled, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. It has always been plagued with one issue or the other. Lack of price transparency, outrageous costs,…
Category: Healthcare
COVID-19 Is Changing HIPAA Compliance- How Can Organizations Adapt?
The novel coronavirus is affecting the whole world like a raging wildfire. As more and more people are being infected with the unstoppable virus, hospitals are being overflowed with patients.…
How can the US healthcare system prevent medical identity theft?
According to the Federal Trade commission, 87,765 cases of medical and insurance related identity theft have been in reported in 2018. Medical identity theft is when someone uses your personal…
Why are US Hospitals Choosing Iris Biometrics for Patient Identification?
With the advent of technology, method of identification is rapidly changing. It is becoming increasingly popular in healthcare services. Even in early 2000, we were used to having the traditional…
The link between patient engagement and patient experience
The link between patient engagement and patient experience and how it reduces the hospital readmission rate To determine the link between patient engagement (which is a broad concept of patient…
Best Way to Identify Patients Correctly and Ensure Infection Prevention
Infection control has always been a topmost priority for healthcare providers – they are constantly looking for ways to prevent infection incidents within their facilities, known as hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).…
How to Ensure Patient Protection During Telehealth Visits
Telehealth has been largely ignored since its inception by both healthcare providers and patients. For starters, patients were more focused on inpatient visits rather than virtual ones, whereas healthcare experts…
Digitization in Healthcare: How Telemedicines are Changing the Face of Public Health
Digitization is leading to changes in products and services. Health apps show how healthy this development is. They are not only changing, innovative products, but also have the potential for…
Healthcare Data Breaches – Why and how do they happen?
Even though the novel coronavirus has been creating ruckus across the US healthcare system as well as the rest of the world, one thing is still occurring in full swing…