http://www.medicalrecordshow.com/what-medical-professionals-ought-to-know-abouteveryone-else-and-the-internet/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:40:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.medicalrecordshow.com/what-medical-professionals-ought-to-know-abouteveryone-else-and-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Transcription Companies Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:06:33 +0000 http://www.medicalrecordshow.com/what-medical-professionals-ought-to-know-abouteveryone-else-and-the-internet/#comment-50 The purpose of HIPAA was to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system through the development of established health data standards and requirements for the transmission and storage of electronic health information. Currently, however, most EMR and transcription companies dont comply with these standards. We need to create a licencing mechanism to ensure that companies are indeed HIPAA compliant, similar to how manufacturers get ISO-9001 certified. Otherwise, the act just turns into a marketing tag line for companies. The purpose of HIPAA was to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system through the development of established health data standards and requirements for the transmission and storage of electronic health information. Currently, however, most EMR and transcription companies dont comply with these standards. We need to create a licencing mechanism to ensure that companies are indeed HIPAA compliant, similar to how manufacturers get ISO-9001 certified. Otherwise, the act just turns into a marketing tag line for companies.

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