KY to create HIPAA-compliant electronic health network
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, March 7, 2005
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The Kentucky state government passed a bill Thursday that authorizes the creation of a statewide, HIPAA-compliant electronic health network, according to the Courier-Journal. The new system will allow physicians to electronically share medical information about patients.
Kentucky legislatures says such a system will take three to five years to develop and will
- speed the transmission of information
- reduce medical errors
- improve quality of patient care
- increase security and efficiency of systems
Most healthcare providers already computerize their operations to some extent, so the challenge will be to find a common system everyone can use, reported the Journal. The new system will take into account both the HIPAA privacy and security regulations.
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