Group Practice Tech

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, Liath talks with Evan Dumas, one of our consulting team members at PCT, about risk analysis.

We discuss HIPAA security risk analysis, the practical utility of risk analysis, taking the judgment out of risk analysis, taking the fear out of HIPAA, the pandemic increasing feelings of vulnerability from a security perspective, reducing anxiety and overwhelm, how risk analysis can be empowering, in practice risk and compliance risk, preparedness, penguin metaphors, work/life boundaries, risk analysis as supporting wellness, ways to get started with this process, and Evan walks us through a sneak peek into a risk analysis with PCT. 

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

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Resources

• Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Planning done *for* you   
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC) 

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, Liath talks with Evan Dumas, one of the consulting team members at PCT, about utilizing the cloud in HIPAA appropriate and functionally impactful ways to reduce risk in group practice. 

We discuss local storage, cloud storage and maintaining availability of PHI, why you can trust cloud services and other third parties, the practical benefits of cloud storage over local storage, how using cloud services can reduce risk, digitizing PHI, backups + contingency plans, operational continuity, and Evan demystifies what the cloud really is.  

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

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Resources

4 Recipes for HIPAA-Secure, Practice-Efficient Service Selection

Risk Analysis & Risk Mitigation Planning done *for* you

Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)     

PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, Liath talks with Evan Dumas, one of the consulting team members at PCT, about establishing a more positive relationship with tech as a practice tool. 

We discuss developing comfort with technology, sitting with tech discomfort, where tech discomfort comes from, how tech can meet functionality needs while not being a security problem, approaching technology from a place of curiosity, providing a clear and supportive structure where questions are encouraged, ways to foster a safe space for questions, and Evan busts some myths about being a tech comfortable person.

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

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Resources

• PCT's Staff Training
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking about bringing in outside helpers to your group practice. 

We discuss different types of outside help you can get (biller, VA, intake coordinator, etc.), Business Associate Agreements, establishing boundaries, service level agreements, access credentials, device security, scenarios where this agreement could come in handy, and we go through our own service level agreement form section by section to demonstrate what you could cover. 

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

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For more, visit our website.

Resources

• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking about clients’ rights of access to records.

We discuss catching up to rights of access norms as mental health clinicians, mainstream awareness of clients’ rights, GDPR (European privacy law), privacy as a human right,  psychotherapy notes/process notes, how things vary state to state, your right to withhold records, records in couples and family therapy cases, implications for the therapeutic alliance, and our upcoming live training and workshop with Eric Strom on this topic.

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

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Resources

• PCT CE Presentation + Practical Application Workshop: How We Need to Give Clients Access to Their Records, Now and in the Future 
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking about choosing services that are holistically beneficial for group practice + support HIPAA compliance. 

We discuss facilitating and supporting HIPAA compliance, selecting tech that meets the needs of you + your team, how having systems that meet the needs of your practice can support HIPAA compliance, security circles, Business Associate Agreements, device management, choosing services based on your priorities, and we share group practice tech ‘recipes’ so you can mix and match the services you need.  

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

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Resources

• PCT Article: 4 Recipes for HIPAA-Secure, Practice-Efficient Service Selection
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking about new record-keeping regulations that will be impactful for group practice owners.

We discuss client rights of access to records, mental health privacy/confidentiality vs medical privacy/confidentiality, contexts for writing notes, open notes, ONC certified EHRs, information blocking, how to think about records going forward, the future of practice management systems, examples of what having open notes might look like, and our upcoming (Feb 12th) CE event on this very topic.

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

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Resources

• FREE live CE event: Vital Group Practice Update on Upcoming HIPAA Changes, Open Notes, and Recent HIPAA Enforcement, 2021 Edition 
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)
• Staff HIPAA & Teletherapy Training

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking with Maureen Werrbach from The Group Practice Exchange about expanding to meet the increased need for mental health services right now. 

We discuss the increase in demand for help during COVID-19, clinicians starting their own solo practice, what sets your practice apart, defining and building practice culture, supervision, building your therapist base, aligning with your business goals, rockstar vs. superstar employees, compensation structures, breakeven analyses, community engagement, making decisions based on your mission and values, and COVID-19 silver linings. 

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

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Resources

• The Group Practice Exchange
• Group Practice Owner's Summit
• Remote Workplace HIPAA Security Module (document pack + training)  
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)
• Staff HIPAA & Teletherapy Training

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking about how to manage remote offices in your group practice in a way that's HIPAA-friendly. 

We discuss why we’re talking about remote offices again, being proactive vs. being reactive, developing up a standardized process for setting up a remote office, registering remote offices, accountability, team culture, boundaries, restricted areas, phishing scams, managing sensitive data at home, planning for the long term and the short term, firewalls, and our new Remote Workplace HIPAA Security Module, which makes all of this easy peasy. 

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

Stay tuned for future episodes!

For more, visit our website.

Resources

• Remote Workplace HIPAA Security Module (document pack + training)
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC)
• Staff HIPAA & Teletherapy Training

Welcome solo and group practice owners! We are Liath Dalton and Roy Huggins, your co-hosts of Person Centered Tech.

In our latest episode, we’re talking about the information blocking rule that will go into effect on April 5, 2021. 

We discuss how the rule applies to clinicians, the open notes rule (aka information blocking), psychotherapy notes, practice management systems, certified EHR systems, switching systems, client’s rights of access, harm exceptions, buffer time, cost-benefit analysis, being proactive vs. reactive, and an excellent analogy courtesy of a friend of the pod, Eric Strom. 

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

Stay tuned for future episodes!

For more, visit our website.

Resources

• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC) -- with special celebratory launch offer.
• Free presentation: Federal “Open Notes Rule”, Active Next Week, Explained by Eric Ström, JD PhD LMHC and Roy Huggins, LPC NCC
• Group Practice Tech Podcast: Episode 130: [Practice Management] Implications of the Federal "Open Notes" Rule 
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs