HEALTHCARE IT SERVICES OVERVIEW

Bridge Consulting provides Healthcare IT (HIT) professional services tailored to the healthcare industry. These services assist organizations with regulatory compliance for HIPAA, HITECH ACT statue including HIPPA modifications, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) where security issues underpin the requirements. Our services help healthcare organizations ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI) and safeguard it from threats, hazards and unauthorized disclosures.

Bridge consultants help Increase understanding of, implementation of, and compliance with laws, policies, and practices to protect the privacy and security of health information. In doing so, we develop, disseminate, and promote specific best practices, business process automation, and guidance for hospitals and health care professionals on the implementation of privacy and security solutions. Our services are delivered as one-time projects, and in some cases as a "managed service", providing ongoing value at a resonable cost.

HIPAA & HITECH ACT Driving Adoption of New Solutions

Clearly, a key intent of HIPAA & HITECH is to compel healthcare organizations and their partners to invest in the systems and processes that will ensure the integrity of their patients’ private data. The challenge for healthcare organizations is to provide adequate protection, at reasonable cost, without compromising the convenience or performance of their services. Several requirements need to be addressed, including:

• Ensuring that patient records are stored and transmitted in an encrypted form
• Ensuring that the healthcare organization’s internal IT systems cannot be easily compromised by network intruders
• Ensuring that any potential compromises of the IT infrastructure can be completely documented and reported
• Ensuring that patient records are stored and transmitted in an encrypted form

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) and the HITECH ACT (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) are federal law’s now in effect that are designed to protect patient data privacy, as well as encourage electronic healthcare transactions, improve data collection and eliminate costly errors. HIPAA / HITECH requires that healthcare organizations must ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI) and safeguard it from threats, hazards and unauthorized disclosure. These Bridge Consulting Services are focused on assisting healthcare organizations accomplish these goals.

Healthcare IT Privacy & Security Services

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