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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information. Though this is a significant increase from 2012, numbers haven’t budged much since 2015. Nearly all (97%) hospitals and roughly almost two-thirds (65%) of physician practices are now capable of enabling patient access.

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Who Is Responsible For Compliance In Healthcare?

MedTrainer

Just as perplexing is who is responsible for compliance in healthcare organizations. The answer has as many layers as the definition of compliance itself. Advises on compliance matters, reviews contracts, and handles regulatory and legal issues.

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Strategies for Promoting Ethical Behavior in Healthcare Compliance

Healthcare Blog

Strategies Healthcare Organizations Can Use to Promote Ethical Behavior in Compliance Ensuring ethical practices in healthcare compliance is essential to corporate health and the integrity of your organization. Use the following strategies to promote ethical behavior in regulatory compliance. Ginsburg, L.R.,

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How the Medical Industry Can Help Combat the Current Coronavirus Crisis

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

It rapidly caused a widespread epidemic in China and has spread to over 50 countries outside of China with more than 90,000 confirmed cases and 3000 deaths at the time of this blog article. Acknowledgments – this blog article was written in collaboration with Kelly Kammeraad , Principal Consultant at Baaj Quality System Consulting.

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Most Popular HIPAA Compliant File Sharing Apps

Total HIPAA

In this blog post, we have selected some of the most popular ones. Until 2015, Dropbox was not a HIPAA compliant solution, not because their security standards were not strong enough, but because they refused to provide a BAA. This information will help you decide which application will work best for you and your business.

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The BFDs – The Ten Best Prescription Drug/Medical Device Decisions of 2023

Drug & Device Law

This year’s Drug & Device Law Blog top ten decisions of the year reinforced preemption – the most powerful defense we can assert. Negligence requires an evaluation of a defendant’s reasonableness, and all relevant NC authority includes relevant regulatory compliance in that mix. Strike one. We gave kudos to Kampmann here.

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