Wednesday, 7 December 2011

EMR and Data Security




EMR software has become a must have in today's healthcare industry. The software promises to deliver unmatched avantages for both doctors as well as patients. The system ensures to streamline the overall back end process of clinics as well as hospitals. EMR can bring about drastic reduction in time spent and costs, there by bringing about improvement in overall revenue for the practice. As far as patients are concerned, the system if used in a right manner promises to bring about improvement in the quality of service.

In today's hi-tech world EMR system is a very important component for any practice or hospital, however, the importance of data security can not be denied. HIPAA is playing a wonderful role by regulating the software. A certified EMR would necessarily possess the technical features to control the access of patient data, however, a full-proof policy as regards data access is equally important.

1 comment:

  1. EMR can deliver unmatched advantages, however, data security is equally important. Informative post, thanks!

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