The much-anticipated compliance deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rule has come and gone - but health care providers still have their work cut out for them.
According to a recent survey, 78 percent of providers said they were HIPAA compliant by the April 14 deadline - a gigantic upsurge from the mere 9 percent who touted their compliance in January. "Many enterprises hire staff who will 'work well under pressure,'" says the survey, conducted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Phoenix Health Systems, "and our spring survey results suggest that...
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