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: LawTechTVWhy HITECH/HIPAA Compliance is a Wicked Problem?
There are many reasons why HITECH/HIPAA compliance is a "wicked problem." To move along the compliance continuum from "no story" to a "good story" is a non-trivial exercise.
However true that may be, the real reason that HITECH/HIPAA is a wicked problem is that it is only a subset of a much larger wicked problem, which is otherwise known as an EHR implementation. The graphic below provides a glimpse at the complexity.
If you would like to learn more about EHR implementations and related HITECH/HIPAA compliance issues then sign up for our FREE HITECH/HIPAA Compliance Newsletter.
Full post as published by LawTechTV on July 29, 2009 (boomark / email).
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