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Experts have repeatedly predicted that telehealth would present a major challenge for healthcare cybersecurity in the coming year.
But it s not enough to know telehealth is likely to be an issue. The real task is working collaboratively to address those dangers.
At the second installment of the American Telemedicine Association s EDGE policy conference on Tuesday, leaders in the healthcare space reiterated the importance of cybersecurity as a patient safety issue. We ve been measuring the risks and the threat for telemedicine-type services for many years, said Christopher Logan, director of healthcare industry strategy at VMWare.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare already had a cyber target on its back, said Logan.
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Massachusetts has a new telehealth law on the books, signed into law by Governor Charlie Baker as part of a comprehensive healthcare bill. The telehealth provisions constitute only a portion of the 70-page legislation, but represent the first major formalization of telehealth laws in Massachusetts. The Act was successfully signed into law on January 1, 2021, following several years of proposed legislation and unsuccessful attempts at laws on insurance coverage and practice standards. This article highlights the top three changes in the Act for telemedicine and digital health companies.
1. New Definition of Telehealth for Medical Practice