Since 2003, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has been charged with enforcing the privacy and security rules for electronic health records, such as electronic consent forms. The true scope of fines and penalties for HIPAA violations often goes unnoticed. As technology becomes an integral part of healthcare, practices need to consider how a breach could result in fines and penalties.
The Affordable Care Act has a number of different requirements¹ surrounding the application of Electronic Health Records (EHR) depending on the healthcare specialty of the provider. For example, primary care providers have significantly different EHR requirements than those of an outpatient surgery practice. That’s because the latter has a far more limited scope and predictable workflow requirements. Similarly, a dermatologist will typically perform several procedures in a single visit, while a dental practice will require a different approach to capturing…
During our short existence, we have learned that many offices use email to transmit patient records. Some offices communicate with patients via email while others share patient information with other doctors offices.
We are excited to introduce Practice Sense and our electronic patient forms. Practice Sense was created to streamline patient registration and improve office workflow.