The essential HIPAA security, data privacy, and compliance guide for your trusted unified communications platform
The healthcare industry is often at the forefront of adopting innovative technologies that can improve patient care and streamline operations. However, despite the progress made, there is still much work to be done.
Legacy, on-prem systems that result in regulatory hurdles and security issues pose significant challenges to the journey towards digital transformation. As Gartner reported in 2022, IT spending to transform healthcare business increased from 8% to 11% of total spend (37.5% increase) to address this concern.
To successfully navigate these obstacles, organizations must implement new cloud-native technologies so they can lead the way in advancing digital transformation in healthcare.
Of the most important aspects of IT transformation for healthcare providers is selecting the right communications vendor to handle employee and patient communications.
Evaluating how a unified cloud communication vendor – one that handles not just internal communications but also external patient communications – will maintain your organization’s security and data privacy is an important area of focus, given that according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 70% of organizations are not “HIPAA compliant.”
This article is posted at ringcentral.com
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