Telehealth on the OIG Radar and Legislative Docket

Learn how to better identify any liability and regulatory risks that may occur on social media. Social media seems to be part of every aspect of our lives, and health care is no exception. In the health care industry, professionals dealing with social media confront unique and critical compliance pitfalls like privacy, security, and HIPAA concerns. This topic will go over how to navigate key compliance issues, such as using social media for marketing, setting social media policies for employees, ownership of social media content, social media as part of the medical record, and how to identify risks and mitigate them by setting up appropriate social media policies. This information will give you the insights and tools you need to identify and minimize regulatory and liability risks linked to social media, and draft your own social media policy using a sample policy and put into place appropriate consequences for potential violations.

Stress is an inevitable part of our work environment. Without adequate knowledge of signs and symptoms as well as management strategies, problems can escalate until they produce a toxic outcome. This topic helps you quickly identify physical, emotional and behavioral symptoms of poor stress management and explore 10 different interventions to manage personal stress including a relaxation/guided imagery exercise. This information is critical to maintain one's physical and emotional health so that work can remain a positive, stimulating environment.

The cyberthreat landscape for the healthcare industry continues to evolve with clear evidence that securing connected medical devices require a different approach to that of IT devices. Through year-long research, Zingbox analyzed the underlying vulnerabilities of connected medical devices, identified the particular type of medical devices requiring attention, and the security implications of IoT devices as a whole to the healthcare community. The research also found promising trends in how care providers are improving the security of their network. Join us as we provide the details of our findings.

Differences in socioeconomic status, as assessed by educational attainment, income and occupational status, are associated with large disparities in health. Linked to a variety of health-related behaviours, socioeconomic status impacts prevalence of obesity, smoking, physical inactivity, high blood pressure, alcohol consumption and more.