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Med-Staff Newsletter - January 2020 | VOL 4

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With the New Year comes new medical staff leaders and a new set of growing pains. Contrary to what many of us believe, some simple steps can lessen the pain. ...more

Buchalter

Privacy Update: Texting Patient Information

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CMS has issued a memorandum clarifying its position on texting and recognizing that the use of texting has become an essential and valuable means of communication between health care team members. The takeaways from the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

To text or not to text? CMS issues guidance

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Over the last few years, health care providers have watched with interest as The Joint Commission wrestled with its stance on texting patient information....more

Roetzel & Andress

American Medical Association To Tackle Texting With Patients

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This June, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates will take up the issue of patient-physician texting at its annual meeting. With respect to physician-patient communications, the AMA has already issued...more

BakerHostetler

Hold the Phone! The Joint Commission Reinstates Ban on Texting Orders

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The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took a firm stance against physicians texting patient orders in a recent joint statement, clarifying that it is not acceptable for physicians...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Joint Commission Confirms Ban on Texting of Patient Care Orders

After briefly considering a reversal of its prohibition on texting orders, The Joint Commission (TJC), in consultation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced last month that its ban would continue...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Not So Fast! — Secure Text Messages May Not Be Used to Transmit Patient Care Orders After All

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Reversing the position taken in May 2016, The Joint Commission (TJC) recently clarified that licensed independent providers (LIPs) or other practitioners may not utilize secure text messaging platforms to transmit patient...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Hold it, Doctor! Don’t Hit the Send Button!

The Joint Commission made a big splash when it issued its “Update: Texting Orders” back in the spring. That Update rescinded the accrediting organization’s long-standing prohibition on sending physician orders via text...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

JCAHO Delays Decision Allowing Physicians To Text Orders

We previously reported that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) lifted its ban on allowing health care providers to use texts for physician orders....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Hospital Text Messaging Rules Placed on Hold by Joint Commission

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The Joint Commission, which accredits hospitals and other health care organizations, hit pause on its prior May 2016 announcement to allow secure text messaging in hospitals and other health care organizations. The use of...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Joint Commission Ends Ban on the Texting of Physician Orders

In the Joint Commission Perspectives May 2016 edition, the Commission reversed its 2011 position prohibiting clinician texting of patient orders within accredited health care institutions, stating technological advancements...more

K&L Gates LLP

Health Care Entities Get Clarity from FCC on Telephone Communications

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The health care industry is in the midst of rapid change as governments fight rising health care costs, providers look to comply with myriad new regulations, and technology continues to take a more prominent role in the...more

BakerHostetler

“PhysTexting” Is Not Enough to Form a Patient-Physician Relationship

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The Texas Medical Board is proposing to modify its disciplinary rules to more specifically define the requisites for a physician-patient relationship required for prescribing. Under the proposed revision to 22 T.A.C. § 190.8,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - November 2014

“Healthcare-Related” Calls: Ambiguity at the Intersection of HIPAA and TCPA - Editor’s Note: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has established exemptions from certain requirements of the Telephone Consumer...more

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