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, we’re talking about wassails and holiday carols. Kidding! We’re talking about how to manage your team remotely. 

We discuss managing standard of care in different environments, key components to have in place in environments where there’s client info, home and mobile offices, restricted areas and escort-only areas, enforcing privacy at home, locking up devices, ethical standard vs HIPAA standard, double lock rules, risk management, full disk encryption, shredding documents, Bring Your Own Device policies, secure connections, WiFi guidelines, VPNs, viruses and phishing attacks, how to spot phishing scams, and security reminders. 

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.
• On-demand training: Teletherapy From the Home or Mobile Office: HIPAA, Ethical, and Standard of Care Issues (1 CE credit hour, legal-ethical) from PCT's Staff HIPAA Trainings
• PCT's Group Practice Teletherapy Programs   
• 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 recording teletherapy sessions. 

We discuss whether clients can record on their end, keeping recordings secure, adding recordings to client files, consents to have in place, informed consent for recording, recording in-person vs. recording teletherapy, supervision via teletherapy, screen capture software, documentation, the availability standard and destroying recordings, Google Workspace, storage on a device vs in the cloud, device security, and do’s and don’ts for recording sessions. 

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.
• PCT's Group Practice Teletherapy Programs   
• 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 with Dr. Tara Sanderson about supervision and leadership in a group practice context. 

We discuss reasons to become a supervisor, supervision as a business model, skills to equip interns with, developing ethical critical thinkers, using values to guide decision making, the clinician side vs. the business owner side, the three hats of practice ownership (boss hat, clinician hat, and employee hat), using the hats to make decisions, specific resources that Tara has found useful, note writing, Google sites, Google Workspace, and planning enough time for supervision.

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.
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs (including contingency planning policy, worksheets and example plans)

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 contingency planning. 

We discuss how 2020 is the poster year for contingency planning, short term vs long term plans, HIPAA standards, risk management, backups, performative HIPAA compliance, emergency mode operation plans, business continuity, being proactive vs. reactive, learning things the hard way (2020!), criticality analysis, risk analysis, and normal operations vs contingency plans for emergencies.

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.
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs (including contingency planning policy, worksheets and example plans)
• PCT's Group Practice Teletherapy 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 managing and leveraging online forms in your group practice. 

We discuss form functionality, online forms for telehealth, ease of use + convenience, form security, HIPAA identifiers, when PHI becomes your responsibility, Google Forms, what to ask in contact forms, what kind of information can go on secure forms, specific software options to use, and as always, security, optimization, and privacy.  

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.
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs
• PCT's Group Practice Teletherapy 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 constructive things that you can do to positively impact the future, especially in terms of access to behavioral health care. 

We discuss why we decided to record this week, the increased need for therapy services right now, advocating with insurance companies for telehealth, clarity and parity around telehealth payment, toxic positivity, legislative advocacy, direct to client care, getting the attention of your representatives, and group practice office hours.

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

Stay tuned for future episodes!

For more, visit our website.

Resources

• H.R.7663 - Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020
• Help Protect Telehealth Access for Our Seniors - Urge your Representatives to Cosponsor H.R. 7663!
• Episode 126: [The Teletherapy Lawyer] How Are We Going to Get Teletherapy Payment Parity After COVID?
• Group Practice Office Hours (direct support and consultation service from PCT and Eric Strom, JD PhD LMHC) (with special celebratory launch offer)

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 upcoming federal Open Notes Rule, which goes into effect on November 2, 2020. 

We discuss who needs to know about this new rule, the short term and long term effects of this rule, the electronic health records initiative, quality and coordination of care, the 21st Century Cures Act (and how it is not HIPAA), information blocking, opennotes.org, exceptions to the rule, certified EHR systems, rights of access, the difference between psychotherapy notes and progress notes, and our upcoming webinar with Eric Strom on this topic. 

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

Stay tuned for future episodes!

For more, visit our website.

Resources

• Free presentation: Federal “Open Notes Rule”, Active Next Week, Explained by Eric Ström, JD PhD LMHC and Roy Huggins, LPC NCC
• New PCT Support Service for Group Practice Leaders: Group Practice Office Hours Consultation Service (with Eric Strom too!) -- special introductory offer.

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 why internet phone, or VoIP (which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol), is such a useful tool to have in your toolbox.

We discuss client communication between sessions, the circle of control of the practice over personal devices, keeping client data discoverable to the practice, board complaints, separating personal systems from clinical systems, preventing liability, business associate agreements, specific VoIP options that we recommend (and why!), requests for non-secure communications, why VoIP is particularly helpful for remote teams, and our upcoming CE course on working from home. 

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

Stay tuned for future episodes!

For more, visit our website.

Resources: 

• Teletherapy From the Home or Mobile Office: HIPAA, Ethical, and Standard of Care Issues PCT CE Training (live and recorded, 1 legal-ethical CE credit hour)
• PCT's Group Practice HIPAA Security Programs
• PCT's Group Practice Teletherapy 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 the increasing demand for teletherapy and hiring clinicians for teletherapy only in your group practice. 

We discuss how to increase capacity to meet growing client need, hybrid providers, the pros and cons of teletherapy only providers, office space concerns, insurance coverage for telehealth, culture change for your providers, developing workplace culture remotely, using supervision to expand your provider base, the future of insurance reimbursement for teletherapy, payment parity, contingency plans, ethical and legal standards of care, what to think about when hiring right now, and some tools we recommend. 

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

Stay tuned for future episodes!

For more, visit our website.

Resources: 

• Teletherapy From the Home or Mobile Office: HIPAA, Ethical, and Standard of Care Issues PCT CE Training (live and recorded, 1 legal-ethical CE credit hour)
• PCT's Group Practice Teletherapy Programs

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

This time, we’re talking to Dr. Jeremy Sharp from The Testing Psychologist about remote assessments. 

We chat with Jeremy about the background of tele-assessment, the efficacy of tele-assessment, how to re-norm instruments for tele-assessment, equivalency studies, proctors, at-home testing, remote/in-office hybrid models, AI based assessments, best practices, insurance coverage for tele-assessments, navigating the technology, and our upcoming webinar with Jeremy on this topic. 

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

Stay tuned for future episodes!

For more, visit our website.

Resources: 

• PCT's CE Training with Dr. Jeremy Sharp (live and on-demand): Tele-Assessment: The Research & Practice of Remote Testing
• The Testing Psychologist
• PCT's Group Practice Teletherapy Programs