Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Evan Dumas, your co-hosts of Group Practice Tech.

In our latest episode, we share recent updates from Google Workspace that you may have questions about. 

We discuss:

• The price changes to Google Workspace tiers
• Considerations for choosing the appropriate Google Workspace tier for your needs
• How client side encryption works using Google
• Gemini, Google’s AI
• HIPAA appropriateness and ethical standards regarding AI use
• Communicating these standards to your team
• Cases where using AI would be appropriate 
• Google’s updated appointment scheduler 
• Calendar sync as a contingency plan

Listen here: https://personcenteredtech.com/group/podcast/

For more, visit our website.

Resources

• Google Workspace Plan Tiers
• Google Workspace HIPAA Included Functionality (covered by BAA)
• Google Workspace HIPAA Implementation Guide
• About client-side encryption - Google Workspace Admin Help
• Learn about Gmail Client-side encryption - Gmail Help
• Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub
• Manage access to Gemini features in Workspace services

PCT Resources

• Making Practice Life Easier and More Efficient With Google Workspace
  • *Free* On-Demand seminar on utilizing Google Workspace to create more effective and secure systems
  • includes PCT's Google Workspace Configuration Center & Checklist
• Relevant on-demand, legal-ethical CE training: The Evolving Legal-Ethical Standard of Care for the Clinical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health
  • Gain insights into the benefits and challenges of incorporating AI technologies into their practice, understand the clinical implications, and learn how to navigate legal and ethical guidelines while maintaining compliance with HIPAA regulations.
• PCT's Comprehensive HIPAA Security Compliance Program (discounted) bundles:
  • For Group Practices
  • For Solo Practitioners
• PCT's HIPAA Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Planning service for mental health group practices -- care for your practice using our supportive, shame-free risk analysis and mitigation planning service. You’ll have your Risk Analysis done within 2 hours, performed by a PCT consultant, using a tool built specifically for mental health group practice, and a mitigation checklist to help you reduce your risks.
• Group Practice Care Premium
  • weekly (live & recorded) direct support & consultation service, Group Practice Office Hours -- including monthly session with therapist attorney Eric Ström, JD PhD LMHC
  • + assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Bring Your Own Device training + access to Device Security Center with step-by-step device-specific tutorials & registration forms for securing and documenting all personally owned & practice-provided devices (for *all* team members at no per-person cost)
  • + assignable staff HIPAA Security Awareness: Remote Workspaces training for all team members + access to Remote Workspace Center with step-by-step tutorials & registration forms for securing and documenting Remote Workspaces (for *all* team members at no per-person cost) + more