Thursday 2 February 2012

HIPAA Compliant Solutions



HIPAA stands for "the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act". The HIPAA law was enacted to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the American health care system. The law includes administrative simplification provisions to establish standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of certain health care information. It also requires organizations exchanging information for health care transactions to follow national implementation guidelines.

HIPAA compliant solutions are based on HIPAA policies and hence ensure availability of  required security and safety features. There needs to be certain standardization as regards functionality as well, HIPAA compliant solutions ensure presence of certain essential features that are must for streamlining the overall processes. Hence, in a market where there are numerous vendors with a wide range of healthcare software, HIPAA compliant solutions offer better option.

1 comment:

  1. HIPAA compliant solutions are based on HIPAA policies and hence ensure availability of required security and safety features. Nice, informative post, thanks!

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