RE: HIPPA measures to comply

["Shahan, Ray" <rshahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No to add to the scare, but I can tell you that I've heard of several HMO's
jumping through hoops right now to get this HIPPA project started.  What's
really ugly is that they've already gotten a 1 year extension (was supposed
to be done last year), and it ain't looking good for getting another one
(without fines).  Of course, the real humor in some of this (if you care to
look at it that way...and I do), is that many of these 'late comers' to the
HIPPA compliance game think that there are just butt-loads of highly
qualified programmers out there that can do the code, and do it for
practically next to nothing...this is a misconception that you should try to
avoid.   :-)

Ray Shahan

"There is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us, 
that it behooves none of us
to talk about the rest of us" 
                          --Author unknown

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan [SMTP:dbcemid@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 3:22 PM
> To:   Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject:      Re: HIPPA measures to comply 
> 
> omygosh, Gary, is your resume up to date?  Seriously, are you really
> working in an IT environment
> that deals with medical records?  If so, it is unfathomable that they (who
> are they?) are just now
> telling you that you need to comply.  If my understanding of the vast
> resources required to
> implement HIPAA requirements is correct, you are on a sinking ship.  You
> didn't *really* have
> anything better to do the rest of this year, like eating and sleeping, did
> you?
> 
> Is your software homegrown?  If not, who is your software vendor (and have
> you contacted them)?
> 
> Sorry for sounding so gloom and doom, but yours is not a pretty situation.
> Hopefully others on
> the list may have better and more knowledgeable news for you.
> 
> - Dan
> 
> --- Gary Kuznitz <docfxit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> > 
> > Since I was just told today that we need to comply I am trying to figure
> out how 
> > unprepared we are.  So far my understanding is there is a lot that
> effects every 
> > person in a hospital or dentist office.  I am trying to discover how
> much that really 
> > effects us.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Gary Kuznitz
> 
> 
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