Security Archives - LearnTelehealth https://learntelehealth.org/document-tag/security/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://learntelehealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Red-Carl-1-45x45.png Security Archives - LearnTelehealth https://learntelehealth.org/document-tag/security/ 32 32 Educating Patients about Privacy and Security Risks to Protected Health Information when Using Remote Communication Technologies for Telehealth https://learntelehealth.org/document/educating-patients-about-privacy-and-security-risks-to-protected-health-information-when-using-remote-communication-technologies-for-telehealth/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:43:00 +0000 https://learntelehealth.org/?post_type=dlp_document&p=28597 There are multiple resources available...

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]]> There are multiple resources available to help providers to educate patients about privacy and security risks while using telehealth tools. As shared on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website (updated 10/17/2023), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) developed a compilation to help health care providers explain to patients, in plain language, the health information privacy and security risks that are present when using remote communication technologies such as video conferencing websites and applications (“apps”) for telehealth.6

For more resources, visit the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers website or your Regional Telehealth Resource Center.

 

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]]> Telehealth 201: HIPAA & Privacy | video https://learntelehealth.org/document/telehealth-201-hipaa-privacy-video/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:16:31 +0000 https://learntelehealth.org/?post_type=dlp_document&p=21911 In this short video from...

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]]> In this short video from our colleagues at CCHP, Executive director, Mei Kwong, discusses how telehealth works with HIPAA and health privacy laws.

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