The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a very complicated compliance standard to tackle. There are strict privacy requirements surrounding the handling of patient medical and personally identifiable information, but how these requirements are met is left largely up to the individual healthcare organizations. Add HIPAA’s requirements for portability and accessibility to the…
Read MoreThe resale of medical records is an extremely lucrative activity for hackers. This type of data is even sold at much higher prices than credit card information on the black market. As a result, crimes and identity theft involving healthcare data are on the rise all over the world. According to a study conducted in…
Read MoreMedical Records are now easier to retrieve for patients and doctors due to digital entry and filing of documents The Ahmedabad Civil Hospital has started digitising its records and has instituted a modern system of physical filing of records for the first time since digitisation came of age and years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Read MoreIn an effort to eliminate the need for physical visits to government customer service centers, Smart Dubai, a government entity, announced earlier this year that it plans to fully digitize its services to residents and expatriates through the use of information and communication technology (ICT). The smart initiative was launched by Dubai Crown Prince Shaikh…
Read More[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL7RQzBUMrM[/youtube] UNM hospitals based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA lost medical records of 1 Lakh patients due to a fire in a warehouse complex. This was the warehouse where they had stored the records. This only goes to show how vulnerable hospitals are to such losses in the absence of a proper records management solution. Get…
Read MoreMost of us believe that our medical and other health related information is private and is protected. As an individual we supposedly can decide who can look at and receive the information like our insurers, employers or any other government health care agency. In India even though there is no clear rule / law which…
Read MoreAn Electronic Document management solution (EDMS) is a clear winner as a solution for challenges hospitals face when handling medical records. We are highlighting the top 5 reasons why any hospital should opt for an EDMS: To have an efficient and a cost effective solution To get the relevant documents and information when required without…
Read MoreWe participated in the recently held Medrecon 2011 conference in Hyderabad. This is an annual national conference on Medical Records. With a view to increase our reach in the Indian market particularly for the Medical records department in the India’s leading hospitals, along with our technology partner e-bizindia participated in the event organized by Kamineni…
Read MorePatient data confidentiality and internal data security at hospitals will continue to be at risk if proper care is not taken while transferring data from paper form to the digital format. All good hospitals wish to leverage the growing power of information technology in the health care industry so that the quality of care and…
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