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The past year has been a period of sweeping and unremitting change in the healthcare IT sector, as new technologies have taken hold at a rapid pace and revolutionized the field. According to a recent GovernmentHealthIT report, there are a few technological trends that stood out during the past year.
A significant percentage of healthcare providers are currently ill-equipped to meet HIPAA standards, a trend that will likely create major problems when the Office of Civil Rights begins auditing more businesses, Amednews.com reported.
While the U.S. government is working to reduce budgets and control spending in most areas, healthcare IT systems remain among the few avenues positioned for significant growth during the next few years, according to a recent Deltek study.
In the healthcare sector, efforts to secure data are becoming critical for operations, as the move to electronic health records and other innovative IT solutions is creating major complications.
As the healthcare industry works to systematically change many of its IT policies and practices, some organizations are falling behind, InformationWeek reported. IT outsourcing to a HIPAA compliant hosting provider can resolve many of these issues by simplifying new investments and data center management.
Meeting regulatory compliance standards, such as HIPAA, the PCI DSS and others, will be a key part of cloud computing security initiatives during the coming year, according to a recent InformationWeek report.
CIOs in the medical sector cannot ignore the rising trend of mobile device use, as a recent ZDNet report said healthcare has been the quickest industry to adopt smartphones and tablets.
While HIPAA is filled with good intentions in terms of serving patients, it can sometimes make it so difficult for physicians to share information with one another that it hurts overall care, Renal & Urology News reported.
Moving IT resources to a third-party site offers businesses considerable benefits. Colocation allows organizations to house their servers at a remote data center, saving them the cost of building their own power and cooling infrastructure.
Data breaches have become a major issue in the healthcare sector as more organizations have deployed robust electronic health record systems.
The healthcare sector is amid a period of systemic change, as the usually conservative industry is rapidly adopting new technologies in an effort to improve operational efficiency and patient care.
Despite a memorandum extending how long healthcare companies will have to adjust to the changes in HIPAA version 5010, many organizations are still not expecting to be ready for the regulatory shift.
Medical providers investing in new healthcare IT systems are often focused heavily on the technical side of HIPAA requirements.
For many healthcare providers, the rush to implement electronic health record systems that comply with meaningful use standards has led to usage requirements that are onerous for physicians.
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HIPAA Compliant Data CentersBy outsourcing our data center, we have increased our revenue generating capability and ROI. I can reassign staff to provide faster responses to end user issues and develop faster, more complex solutions. - Erik Yochum, Director of IT, MMP |
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