On January 1, 2014, a key provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 went into effect, requiring healthcare providers across the country to adopt and demonstrate “meaningful use” of electronic medical records (EMR) in order to maintain their existing Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement levels. Many healthcare providers are finding that adopting wireless mobile solutions are a must-have to more accessible and updated EMRs and streamlined workflow processes.
The decision to go mobile, however, brings new challenges, ranging from selecting the appropriate form factor to ensuring mobile devices and wireless communication are secured from unauthorized users.
Motion Computing’s new whitepaper, The Smart Way for Healthcare Organizations To Go Mobile highlights the best practices for selecting mobile devices and building wireless infrastructures that ensure HIPAA-compliance while enabling EMR and increasing productivity.
The paper identified three tips to keep in mind before deploying a HIPAA-Compliant Wi-Fi network in a hospital:
1. The Physical Building