can hipaa compliance and patient care work together?
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Can HIPAA compliance and patient care work together?
Secure communication is mandatory and vital for
patient confidentiality, but it’s not intended to be a barrier to
high-quality, efficient care.
In fact, HIPAA regulations are intended to mesh
with and provide a foundation for the kind of proper, efficient exchange
of information that grounds new models of
collaborative care.
The HIPAA Security Rule mandates:
1 Confidentiality2 Integrity3 Availability
The law is intentionally technology neutral.
It doesn’t restrict methods of communication or specify
technologies.
But…flexibility comes at a price.
The burden is on healthcare organizations
to structure communication strategies and choose
technologies that fit with overall workflow and
patient care goals.
Studies show data security is a priority.
But there’s room to improve the integration of compliance and
clinical workflow, which directly impact patient care.
Indicate their health organization has an official risk mitigation strategy for
HIPAA compliance*Visit perfectserve.com/survey to download the full report and methodology.
Say their health organization has made additional changes in response to news of 2014
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Agree that HIPAA regulation and compliance pose
an obstacle to efficient communication and
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In their mission to improve patient care through secure communication, healthcare organizations often rely on a complex, often ad-hoc, array of technologies and
communication platforms.
But, the answer to HIPAA compliance +
patient care must focus simultaneously on data security and availability.
How to determine the best solution?
4 steps to get started…
Assess how staff communicate today, including care team members inside and outside the hospital.
1
Inventory every existing method of
communication — every device, every software
platform, every network.
2
Build HIPAA compliance into a new, standardized workflow communication model.
3
Evaluate and implement a secure care team collaboration platform that meets the technical security
standards required by HIPAA, streamlines workflow and improves
clinician communication.
4
A unified care team collaboration platform is essential to integrating HIPAA compliance with
the best patient care and population health management possible.
Read our full white paper HIPAA regulation:
The challenge of integrating compliance and patient care
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