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Recent study reports which were conducted to measure the after effects of the HIPAA enforcement reveals a bleak picture of HIPAA compliant measures, creating concerns for the privacy and security of PHI, and also transactional efficiency of all hospitals. Deducing from organizational sociology as well as organizational behavior we examined the tendency of hospitals to be fully compliant with privacy and security rules of HIPAA. The study focuses, particularly on various hospital characteristics which included academic status, hospital size and leadership in IT, used to identify the type of hospitals are more like to follow HIPAA compliance. Overall, the findings provide insights on the recent state of performance outcome in the healthcare sector which is measured through hospitals.
institutions, physicians and other medically related companies and covered entities.
Implementation has proved to be a deterrent to many individuals. Many healthcare concerns had predicted that the compliance cost of HIPAA to hospitals would be twice as much costly then the Y2K conversion, hence creating an extra and unwelcome headache to the already exorbitant hospital costs. Based on a study by the American Hospital Association, the estimated average cost of HIPAA compliance training was almost $16 per employee. For even a small hospital, the cost of printing a HIPAA patient rights form for every patient.
Its mandatory for healthcare concerns to maintain a record of patients who have received HIPAA notices. In this case physicians and clinics have to change the behavior of their staff and often have had to redesign waiting rooms & registration areas so that greater privacy can be ensured. HIPAA regulations require the roles and responsibilities of a privacy official by all covered entities. The responsibilities include "the development and implementation of the policies and procedures" which is necessary for HIPAA compliance.
Various hospitals and healthcare entities are tiptoeing into the social network world, the return on investment still remaining a challenge. With HIPAA laws in place and the need to increase the revenue, this has come as a fresh breath addressing the avenues of marketing healthcare services.
Yet though it might seem that social networking has taken the doctors by storm, there is always some initial convincing required to see the benefits in the long run more clearly. The idea in itself is time consuming enough and in the doctors world it is looked upon merely as an expansion of the marketing department.
However hiring a social media specialist is getting more suggestive as doctors notice the trend of general people seeking for advice on the best healthcare concerns as well as doctors, over the internet. Patients share in formation among themselves and even check on customer testimonials on youtube or twitter to be doubly sure before risking their treatment with a healthcare organization.
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