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Are your vendors HIPAA compliant? Find out before it’s too late
By Brad Spannbauer Senior Director of Product Management, j2Global Organizations operating within dentistry and the health-care industry more generally face constant regulatory pressure at the federal and state levels. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), for example, sets rules relating to the safeguarding of protected health information (PHI) that significantly impact the way organizations collect, store, and transmit their patients’ medical data.
When the Phone Line Is a Lifeline: How MSPs Can Improve Communications for Health Care Providers
For health-care providers, communication is the most important aspect of their businesses. Hopefully they can handle face-to-face conversations on their own. When it comes to communications technology, however, MSPs can provide real value. For example, while new patient portals and other electronic forms of communication are increasing in popularity, the phone line remains the most important lifeline. According to InboundMD, 65 percent of patients still prefer to book an appointment via phone.
3 HIPAA Compliance Best Practices to Better Serve Health Care Customers
Doug Parent By Doug Parent, CEO and Co-Founder, RingRx Partners: Do the health-care organizations you work with do everything they can to protect patient records and maintain HIPAA compliance? Probably not. In 2017, there were 477 health-care breaches affecting 5.6 million patient records.
Healthcare Communications for Strong Patient Care: 10 Tips on Designing a Phone System for a Modern Doctor’s Office
Having spent decades in an industry that manages how people connect, communicate and inform each other through the technology of modern phone systems, I’ve developed what some may consider an academic-level expertise on the simple things that offices can do to make the people calling feel attended to, cared for and at ease.
The Roadmap To Digital Healthcare Security Mobility Automation And Cloud Capabilities For Today’s Practitioner
The Roadmap To Digital Healthcare: Security, Mobility, Automation, And Cloud Capabilities For Today's Practitioner Digital healthcare offers an opportunity to improve every aspect of your organization, but it can’t be achieved successfully without a clear plan. Piecing together an IT infrastructure for your healthcare business requires a clear roadmap which each software and solution must then fit into. What Are The Goals Of Your Digital Healthcare Growth?
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