Healthcare IT Today October 15, 2020
As mentioned previously, we’re taking part on the Virtual AHIMA conference this week. Exploring how things work in the virtual world, we tried something new today and did a text based chat interview with Rita Bowen, VP of Privacy, Compliance and HIM Policy from MRO.
In this wide ranging text interview, we talked with Rita about Changes to HIPAA, New Data Interoperability Rules, and the Impact of COVID-19 on ROI. Here’s a slightly cleaned up version of the live chat interview (please excuse any grammar or spelling issues since this was done live):
John Lynn:
Does HIPAA Need to be Updated?
Rita Bowen:
Yes, the rule is 20+ years old and the practice of medicine has changed, the maintenance of the health...