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Health Information Trust Alliance
Health Information Technology Executives Overwhelmingly Believe the Industry Needs to Work Together on Information Security
March 22nd, 2008
A new survey shows that 96 percent of health information technology (HIT) executives think it is important to have a uniform way for verifying the security of sensitive healthcare information, and 85 percent think it is time for the industry to come together and develop a comprehensive framework that can provide that uniformity. The survey, the first of an annual series commissioned by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) and conducted by KRC Research, also shows that more than half of those surveyed are frustrated that there are no standardized practices for complying with HIPAA. "The results of this survey confirm what we've known anecdotally for a long...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-22)
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