Question

Issues:what an issues that you see healthcare organizations face in terms of complying with privacy regulations while they are being incentivized to implement and accelerate their use of electronic health records and other technologies.

Answer 1

Patient privacy is a major concern of any health care organization. The patient had a right to privacy of their health information. Today, almost every organization has been implemented with an Electronic Health Record. EHR simplifies health data nd storage of health information but facing a lot of challenges in securing health information. It simplifies the work of health care professionals but also raises many ethical issues in maintaining the confidentiality of health information.

HIPPA act regulates and protects patient information but legal gaps threaten the standard of privacy protection. The patient also shows a lack of trust in health care organization because of the lack of privacy of their health information. Theft of medical information by hackers is common in Electronic Health record. Transforming health information have minimum security measures. Use of multiple patient records at a time increases the misleading and misuse of patient information. Accelerating health record through mobile devices by the health care professional lead to misuse of health information by the third party. Provide adequate training of health professional to accelerate the use of EHR and secure with a change of passwords frequently is vital to reduce these of kind of issues.