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Medical Identity Theft – Detection & Prevention Tips
Follow these simple tips to prevent the dangers of medical identity theft from jeopardizing your patient safety. The following guest post was submitted by Ryan Moalemi. In this day and age, people get...
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Are Children Eligible to Enroll in Biometric Patient ID Solutions?
A patient access representative takes a photo of a child using an iris recognition camera to protect her medical identity. The rapid spread of using biometric patient ID solutions has helped to...
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3 Unexpected Ways Medical ID Theft Can Harm Your Pocket
Learn more about the top three unexpected things you need to know to protect your medical identity. The following guest post covering the impact of medical ID theft was submitted by Michael Rogers. Are...
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Patient Acceptance of Biometrics for Patient ID Points to Hope, not Hype
High acceptance levels of using biometrics for patient ID have us optimistic that the technology will have a big impact on improving patient safety in healthcare. The following guest post on the use of...
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5 Ways to Prevent Patient Fraud and Identity Theft
Preventing patient fraud begins with a thorough understanding of how to protect your identity. The following post on preventing medical ID theft and patient fraud in healthcare was submitted by Meghan...
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3 Ways Iris Recognition On Smartphones Will Change Patient ID In Healthcare
Iris recognition for patient ID on smartphones will increase patient and provider confidence in using a smartphone for mhealth data access and services. The following post on iris recognition for...
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How to Prevent Your Medical Information from Misuse
Medical identity theft can seriously threaten your physical and financial health. The following guest post on protecting your medical information from misuse was submitted by Christine DiGangi. When it...
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How We Address the Patient ID Challenge in Healthcare
We offer a “holistic” approach to patient ID in healthcare through an intuitive solution that has the ability to identify patients no matter where they are along the care continuum. The Patient ID...
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Patient Safety a Focal Point for Latest RightPatient Deployment
Community Medical Centers recently implemented RightPatient to improve patient safety and revenue cycle management. (Photo courtesy of The Fresno Bee.) Working to help increase patient safety in...
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The True Meaning of Patient Identification Innovation
Patient identification “innovation” is defined by the ability to address both present and future complexities and nuances of patient behaviors. The following post on patient identification innovation...
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Medical Identity Theft: How Hospitals Can Reduce Risk
Medical identity theft can be just as damaging to hospitals as it is to patients. Learn more about what hospitals can do to protect themselves from falling victim to medical identity theft. (Photo...
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How Doctors Can Transmit Patient Data Securely
Doctors must take precautions when sharing patient data. Learn more about how doctors should protect your PHI in this guest post from Heather Lomax. (Photo courtesy of MaxPixel) The following guest...
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Prevent Patient Record Mix-Ups Before It’s Too Late
It’s no secret that patient identification is a challenge, but unfortunately, a frightening number of “wrong patient, right procedure” mix-ups still occur every day in hospitals and health systems...
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How to identify patients with opioid abuse or addiction treatment?
Addiction to opioids is a serious problem that is plaguing society. As a result, treatment of this needs to be taken as soon as possible because it becomes very difficult to overcome this, at later...
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Hospital data breach results in an expensive lawsuit – Is yours next?
Hospital data breaches have been rampant for quite some years now. Last year’s figures alone are quite frightening- one states that 41 million patient records were exposed, essentially making the...
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How to Protect Yourself and Your Family From Medical Identity Theft
Medical identity theft is a big and scary term. And many think that it won’t affect them personally. But in reality, millions of adults in the US have already been a victim of medical identity theft....
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Employees Can Compromise Medical Records – How Can Hospitals Protect Patient...
As harsh as it may sound, employees getting fired for accessing medical records without any malicious intent is very common. More than 4.5 million records were compromised in unauthorized access or...
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Medical Identity Theft Stories are Common in Emergency Departments
Medical identity theft stories are quite common – many patients in the Emergency departments (ED) may suffer from it. Many healthcare providers are unaware of this growing concern. Verifying the...
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Protecting Patient Data is a Topmost Priority During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The last few months have been excruciating for the whole world due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Hospitals have been working tirelessly, tending to the unprecedented number of patients coming in. However,...
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Healthcare Data Breaches can lead to Medical Identity Theft
As per The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) requirement, breaches that expose protected health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more individuals must be...
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