HIPAA—Ensuring Document Storage Processes and EMR Platforms Comply

All healthcare organizations and professionals need to understand the compliance issues HIPAA contains, particularly with the secure scanning and storage of patient health records. Entities covered by HIPAA include healthcare providers, plans, clearinghouses, and the electronic medical records or EMR platforms used by these entities to manage data. If you or your organization belongs to one of these organizations covered by HIPAA, you are responsible for ensuring that both access and transfer of your patient’s records is compliant with the Act’s rules.

In a recent Healthcare IT News article, lawyer James Wieland relates to article writer Mike Miliard some of the areas of HIPAA that tend to cause interest and confusion in his clients.

http://spectruminformation.com/hipaa-ensuring-document-storage-processes-emr-platforms-comply/

Why EMR Platforms are Integral to the Healthcare Automation Process

Under HIPAA, patients have a right to obtain copies of their medical records as well as to request for amendments to erroneous entries. As such, it makes a lot of sense for healthcare practices to utilize convenient EMR platforms that make it easy to produce copies of a patient’s medical records and carry out the necessary corrections. Such a system also streamlines the insurance claims process as patient files are already sorted for easy retrieval.

Meanwhile, as far as the accounts payable automation process is concerned, clinics would do well to work with a reputable provider like Spectrum Information Services. With this system in place, a clinic can fully take advantage of electronic invoicing and payment options and be ready to face the demands of an increasingly automated healthcare industry.

http://spectruminformation.com/emr-platforms-integral-healthcare-automation-process/