4 HIPAA-Friendly Tips to Help You Plan Ahead for an EHR Outage
Luckily, the HHS, in coordination with the NIST and the ONC, offers help to providers seeking guidance when organizing a comprehensive, HIPAA-compliant contingency strategy. All three federal departments advise covered entities through a myriad offering of research, tools, and fact sheets.
If your practice is in the process of contingency planning, you might want to consider these ideas to make the ordeal quick and easy.
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In addition to protecting your patients’ rights under HIPAA in case of EHR failure, clinical matters should be addressed as well in regard to treatment and the disbursement of prescribed medicine.
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