Health IT Security November 5, 2021
Jill McKeon

Over a third of surveyed mental healthcare patients said that they have had a telehealth appointment that did not meet HIPAA standards.

Telehealth enabled quality patient care during the height of the pandemic, but mental healthcare patients remain wary of security concerns, according to a survey conducted by Propeller Insights on behalf of DrFirst.

Over 1,000 individuals who had received mental healthcare, in the past year participated in the survey. Over two-thirds of respondents said that their mental health provider offered telehealth options during the pandemic, and an overwhelming majority of respondents utilized telehealth during the pandemic.

Of the respondents who did not use telehealth, 14 percent said that they chose not to because they were concerned about their...

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIPAA, Mental Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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