Telehealth Regulations: 

HIPAA Compliant Video Conferencing Platforms:

• It is HIPAA compliant, by offering a comprehensive Business Associate Agreement (BAA), in addition to providing technical security safeguards to transmit sensitive patient data securely.
• Provides secure access anywhere, on all devices with LogMeIn’s easy-to-use solutions. 
• To continue operations from home, the doctor's office entire phone system can be accessible remotely via desktop, laptop, or mobile devices. Thus, allowing easy exchange of calls, messages, and text through one application, with no hardware requirements.
• For identity security, applications are protected with encryption and multifactor authentication. Details of extensive technical safeguards can be accessed here.

•  High-quality HD video and audio even in low bandwidth environment.
•  HIPAA-compliance and security achieved with Business Associate Agreement (BAA), and PIPEDA/PHIPA compliance with 256-bit AES encryption.
• Feature for recording sessions 
•  Medical device integrations - exam cameras, digital stethoscopes, and patient’s electronic health records.
• Enhanced collaboration features - allowing doctors to collaborate with other specialists by annotating directly on the shared screen, which will be visible to all attendees.
•  Other features include: Patient waiting room , Mute/unmute tool , In-app file sharing , chat messenger tool, transcripts of recordings , whiteboard tool for drawing and explanation, and AES 256-encryption.

• Medial device integrations like blood pressure monitors, Fitbit, and wireless scales.
• Allowing seamless sharing of patient electronic health records, lab results, radiological imaging and findings.
• Patients can create and share mood charts, upload food diaries. and also send their photographs for medical examination purposes.
• Interactive patient waiting rooms - virtual branded space prior to doctor's appointment, during which patients watch educational videos, and access live chat support.
• Other important features include: electronic prescriptions, virtual intake forms , live annotation and screen sharing , ability to add in additional care team members during an appointment , patient self-scheduling , post-visit patient surveys , auto-confirmations via SMS and email , and VSee compatible medical equipment.

• The basic telemedicine plan which covers most of the video-conferencing tools is free, doxy.me also offers two paid plans with provide more patient management features such as: unlimited session length and number of sessions, personalized room with a unique URL address , HD audio/video , Chat messenger , meeting history , browser notifications , text and email reminders , end-to-end encryption , and breach insurance.

• The platform provides a medical practice management platform ranging for appointment bookings, to virtual appointments, billing, insurance, and follow-ups. Other features can be found here. 
• The platform offers insurance processing, which is uniquely offered by SimplePractice Telehealth when compared against other online telehealth providers.
• They offer a 30-day free trial, while the plan costs $10/month, per clinician. Each insurance claim is billed at 25 cents per claim.

Other HIPAA compliant telemedicine platforms include:

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