Software for HIPAA compliance. (Product Marketplace).To help small physician practices comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, privacy and security requirements, without expensive outside consultants or technology, HealthFlash, a provider of compliance and accreditation accreditation, n a process of formal recognition of a school or institution attesting to the required ability and performance in an area of education, training, or practice. software, has developed HIPAAdocs[TM], a set of Web-based applications See Web application. to guide small offices through the needed changes to meet HIPAA compliance. HIPAA privacy and security regulations require significant planning and work on the part of virtually every healthcare practitioner, regardless of the size of the practice, to comply with the rigorous requirements for safeguarding protected health information protected health information Health informatics Any individually identifiable health informatlon that is used or circulated by an entity that falls under the governance of HIPAA; the privacy regulations mandate safeguards for protected health information, and the by April 2003. HealthFlash currently provides powerful software to manage compliance and accreditation in hospitals and managed healthcare organizations. It is now offering HIPAAdocs to evaluate the impact of the privacy and security regulations on small individual practices, and guide an office through required changes. HIPAAdocs offers online training for privacy officer and staff, complying with one of the HIPAA requirements. Bringing content from national-level HIPAA experts to the small organization, HIPAAdocs averages less than $300 per physician and is a cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. Web application that allows practices to assess, achieve, and maintain HIPAA compliance. Designed to work over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the via a simple dial-up modem connection, the program requires no software license, installation, or additional telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. infrastructure to implement. The product's self-guided 'wizards and Internet interface make it more user friendly than enterprise-wide software applications. HIPAAdocs features: HIPAAsteps[TM], a set of applications with all the tools and knowledge a small practice needs for compliance, in an easy-to-use format; HIPAAdocs Training, customizable, tested distance-learning training on HIPAA; online training for privacy officer and staff; interactive Gap Assessment Modules and Action Logs; updates on regulatory changes; track viewing of all documents by staff; and record keeping of all documents, changes, and activities for 6 years. Circle 180 on Reader Service Card |
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