Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a legislation that gives provision on protecting the security and privacy of health information. To fulfill HIPAA legislation, the HIPAA security rules and HIPAA privacy rules were published. Privacy rules entail the standards for protecting certain individual health information, widely known as Protected Health Information (PHI).
Medical practitioners today function in a fast-evolving world and especially while trying to attract and retain patients. Additionally, the ever-changing social media world often necessitates the implementation of marketing strategies. Remember, a lot of information is now available online and patients seeking medical assistance surf through websites to get qualified medical practitioners and facilities. As a medical practitioner, you can therefore not ignore having an online presence. This goes a long way in helping you evocatively promote your services and consequently help you attract and retain customers.
As the health care industry rolls full steam ahead towards 2020, major stakeholders are beginning to take note of some of the challenges that the industry will be facing in this near future. However, we should take a moment to appreciate the fact that this segment of the U.S. economy is finally coming of age.
As an intelligent society, we tend to pride ourselves into believing that we have total control of our lives. But this couldn’t be further from the truth; in fact, humanity has always been at the mercy of random selection/mutations especially in terms of evolution. However, this could all change thanks to some of the latest breakthroughs in genetic engineering.
With more people spending time glued to their smart phones (the web), now is the perfect time to act on the small scale business ideas listed below…
We live in an age where the World Wide Web, better known as the Internet, has become deeply woven into the fabric of our daily lives. Most people can barely go an hour without their smart phones and a Wi-Fi connection.
