Telehealth, HIPAA, and the Digital Tools You Need to Make it all Happen

11138 State Bridge Road,Alpharetta GA 30022

26 August, 2022

Description

Title: Telehealth, HIPAA, and the Digital Tools You Need to Make it all Happen Course Description: The goal of this workshop is to teach you the HIPAA laws and technological concepts you need to do it “right.” We’ll discuss types of video products and other digital tools you may need, including integrated products like EHRs/EMRs. We’ll also cover regulations around email and texting, including some relatively new research about email breaches. In addition, we’ll discuss other common needs and tools for doing telehealth, such as how to best get forms filled out and signed, legal issues around file storage, getting paid, filing insurance claims, sending client statements and receipts digitally, appointment scheduling and reminders and more. You’ll learn ways to do it that are not mind-bogglingly difficult to implement. In short, this workshop is about how to do telehealth both easily and legally – all at the same time. Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to list two main things BAAs (Business Associate Agreements) do and explain why they are important for clinicians. 2. Attendees will be able to discuss legal issues involved with emailing and texting clients, including why threaded email (as opposed to simple memo type products) is important. 3. Participants will be able to list 3 advantages for using bundled tools (integrated products like EHRs/EMRs). 4. Participants will be able to identify the type of Covered Entity that is currently the worst offender in the Hacking/IT > Email breach category. 5. Participants will be able to list the inherent problem with email products that use only TLS encryption and to provide two examples of types of email products that are considered to be 100% end-to-end encrypted. Agenda: 9:30am - 11:00am -L. O. #1 - Participants will be able to list two main things BAAs (Business Associate Agreements) do and explain why they are important for clinicians. - L. O. -Attendees will be able to discuss legal issues involved with emailing and texting clients, including why threaded email (as opposed to simple memo type products) is important 11:00am - 11:15am - BREAK 11:15am - 12:45pm - L. O. #3 -Participants will be able to list 3 advantages for using bundled tools (integrated products like EHRs/EMRs). L. O. #4-Participants will be able to identify the type of Covered Entity that is currently the worst offender in the Hacking/IT > Email breach category. L. O. #5 -Participants will be able to list the inherent problem with email products that use only TLS encryption and to provide two examples of types of email products that are considered to be 100% end-to-end encrypted. Biography: Susan C. Litton, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Decatur, GA, and also the creator and driving force behind the PSYBooks EHR & Portal (www.psybooks.com), a web-based practice management system and telemental health platform for mental health professionals. Dr. Litton has degrees in both psychology and IT and enjoys discussing the intersections between these two fields. She has given many workshops pertaining to technology, telehealth and legal and ethical digital recordkeeping in mental health. Continuing Education Credit: 3 CORE 3 Telemental Health in-person (synchronous) or live webinar ((synchronous) contact hours of continuing education have been APPROVED by the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (LPCA CE Approval #2022-04-27-949S) 3 CORE hours of continuing education is APPROVED by the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work Approval # 041822 NCSAPPB 22-389-G Up to 3 hours GSB (ETHICS) is APPROVED. Level: Beginners and Intermediate. Refund Policy: Requests must be in writing. Refunds will be given on requests postmarked or faxed no later than 7 business days prior to the seminar. No refunds will be issued for "late arrivals" and "no shows". Address: October Road, Inc, Erin Evans, Administrative Assistant/Seminar Coordinator, 119 Tunnel Road Suite B, Asheville, NC. 28805-1800. Fax: (828) 350-1300. Requests may also be emailed to [email protected].