Healthcare Compliance and Your IT
One of the ongoing challenges for the healthcare industry is the increasing emphasis on compliance. A multitude of laws and requirements related to patient information security, operational practices, service delivery procedures and electronic health records (EHR) impacts healthcare organizations more than ever before.
Regulatory compliance requirements and industry standards include JCAHO, ARRA, HIPAA, HITECH, Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) and other national and state regulations for patient safety.
Healthcare organizations must stay on top of these burgeoning legal and ethical requirements, and have an IT system that helps ensure compliance while enabling the delivery of the best possible healthcare. Compliance impacts a broad range of healthcare organization management – corporate responsibility and governance, patient safety and quality of care, privacy, data security, HIPAA compliance, ethics, risk management and healthcare cost containment.