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How patient portals are useful for physicians?

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Patient portals are hot in demand these days. Almost every EMR vendor is offering this facility along with their product as physicians look to meet advanced regulatory requirements and improve patient engagement. But patients are not the only beneficiary of these portals. Physicians are also benefiting as they are improving their workflows and practice efficiencies. A complete, All-in-One solution for providers which offers patient portals is CureMD EMR. Click here to learn more about it. Let’s take a look at how patient portals are beneficial for physicians: 1.        Patient satisfaction: One of the most important aspects for physicians these days is to ensure complete patient satisfaction and engagement. They are doing that by using systems which are capable of offering patient portals and helping them improve delivery of coordinated care.    2.        Reduced hassle: Not only the patients are able to view their medical health data by accessing patient port

How can practices ensure complete security of patient data?

To ensure security of patient data, a practice needs to make sure that its health IT system is working smoothly. The EHR system of the practice should be HIPAA and HITECH compliant. It will prove that the practice is following up with the standards set by the government. There are administrative, physical and technical safeguards that the practice can take for the protection of PHI. Let’s look into some of them. Administrative safeguard: It refers to the steps and procedures made by your practice to guard and secure patient information. The administrative safeguards in the HIPAA Privacy Rule :            Relevant information systems should be identified            Risk assessment reports should be conducted      Risk management program should be implemented   The data of patients going through the treatment of HIV/AIDS needs to be especially safeguarded when assessing the risk of unauthorized use or disclosure. Any disease that is a social taboo needs t