MEDIVISUM© PARTNERS WITH EQUIPO HEALTH FOR SECURE REMOTE PATIENT CARE AND VIDEO SERVICES THAT PROTECT PATIENT PRIVACY AND ANTICIPATE CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE POST COVID-19
FOR:
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2020
CONTACT:
Natalee Scott
Natalee.scott@ums-intl.com
Call/Text: 917-375-3634
Johns Creek, GA (April 21, 2020) — MediVisum©, a UMS Health Company, has partnered with Equipo Health to provide a full suite of HIPAA compliant, web-based, video-conferencing enabled remote patient care solutions as a secure, uncompromising response to the healthcare delivery and subsequent data security challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), “almost all health care providers in private practice and small clinics are forced to treat patients as best they can remotely.” Yet, the initial response from the market for provider-to-patient video encounters put protected health information at risk and left gaping holes in the availability of clinical documentation, practice management and remote patient monitoring features. Sessions in Zoom and similar, non-HIPAA compliant platforms were being intercepted by outsiders and the FBI posted a warning against third parties hijacking video conferencing sessions that lack both security and privacy protocols.
The need for video conferencing services is now an immutable part of the new treatment mechanism in clinical and behavioral practices that promote the safety of patients and providers. But as Jay Moskowitz, MediVisum© CEO and co-founder and former CEO of eMedicalFiles, an award-winning healthcare technology company with the first web-based, CCHIT-certified EHR explains,
“the non-HIPAA compliant platforms pose an unacceptable risk when dealing with healthcare provider-to-patient communications. Data security and patient privacy are at the core of the MediVisum© solutions and we were not willing to risk that for any reason - Covid or no Covid. We needed to make sure that we maintained the technical physical and administrative safeguards for Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). Furthermore, we anticipate that the practice of healthcare will be forever changed as a result of the Covid pandemic. So we wanted to equip providers and healthcare institutions with the remote patient monitoring, chronic care management and practice management features that they would need to effectively manage their practices in a post-Covid world. This was the basis for our partnership with Equipo Health - a partner with the same deep appreciation for the new approach to patient care as well as compliance with HIPAA and CMS privacy guidelines.”
What resulted is a web-based solution with no APP downloads required of providers or patients. This means a provider can access the platform and engage with patients at anytime and from anywhere as long as they can access the internet. The features promote the expansion of healthcare delivery beyond practice walls. Providers, administrators and patients will appreciate the full complement of documentation, remote patient monitoring and practice management features available in the MediVisum© suite. Features like session tracking and audit logging, screen image and charge capture, and specialty and customizable screening templates were designed with a deep understanding of reimbursement requirements of insurers like CMS and of the current practice and administrative protocols and processes involved in patient care and management.
These features available in the MediVisum© solutions make it an essential tool for General Practitioners, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Mental Health practitioners, Home Health Agencies, Nursing Homes, Clinics, Dermatologists, Cardiologists, Urologists and many other specialists. Furthermore, the ease of use and intuitiveness of this cloud-based application for both providers and patients, were necessary to ensure better administration, documentation and consistency of care.
According to Jim Tate, MediVisum’s Chief Product Officer, co-founder and a nationally regarded leader in the development and appropriate use of health information technology,
“Patients are more likely to keep a video appointment if they don’t have to worry about downloading an app and remembering a password. We made it so that these patients get a text or email message with a link that takes them right to their appointment when they click on it.”
Explains Moskowitz, “Covid-19 has forever changed the way we triage and administer care to patients. It has forced us to re-imagine healthcare delivery and provided an opportunity to increase patient accessibility and expand practice boundaries. MediVisum’s feature-rich remote patient care applications is responding to the immediate needs of providers and patients today and establishing the foundations for the new healthcare landscape of tomorrow.”
For more information on MediVisum visit http://www.medivisum.com or connect by phone (917)375-3634 or email: info@medivisum.com.
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ABOUT: MediVisum© is a web-based Telehealth platform created specifically for healthcare providers by healthcare professionals. Lead by experts and innovators in healthcare technology, compliance, practice management and medicine, the MediVisum© solutions pull both the practice and management of healthcare into a more connected and data-driven future - one that offers greater access to patients as well as increased visibility and better insights into the application and management of their care.
ABOUT: Equipo Health delivers care coordination solutions that combine data-analytics driven SaaS software, curated resources and professional services to optimize the engagement and quality of care of individuals and populations. The vision of Equipo Health is to simplify care by empowering care teams with an integrated care delivery platform. A care platform that is built on the central tenets of risk stratification, care plan design, patient engagement and outcomes measurement.