Thursday, January 6, 2011

Ensuring HIPAA compliance is crucial when deploying digital dictation

Many in the healthcare industry have praised digital dictation for its productivity and efficiency benefits, and even for helping organizations in their push to adopt electronic medical records.

However, when utilizing digital dictation, it is important for doctors and other healthcare professionals to use secure file transfer solutions when sharing confidential health information. Failing to do so may violate HIPAA mandates and leave an organization vulnerable to sanctions and monetary fines.

Secure file transfer is the best protocol for sharing digital health records because it ensures the confidential information contained in such records remains protected. Other means of sharing EMRs, such as email and USB flash drives, leave health information vulnerable to exposure and data loss.

Experts agree, the ability to collaborate is one of the major benefits of adopting EMRs. However, healthcare professionals must ensure they do so in the most secure manner possible.

More information on this subject and others concerning digital dictation can be found at American Dictation Corp. The website is also a leading source for digital dictation and speech recognition tools and software.

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