How are physician practices handling HIPAA compliance? Here are nine statistics from the NueMD 2014 HIPAA survey.
• 58 percent of respondents have a HIPAA compliance plan
• 23 percent of respondents said they did not have a plan
• 19 percent of respondents were unsure of whether or not a plan was in place
• 62 percent of practice owners, managers and administrators said their business provided annual HIPAA training, but of these respondents only 65 percent they had proof
• 45 percent of respondents have a formal breach notification policy
• 33 percent of respondents have performed a risk analysis
• 27 percent of respondents have cataloged 76 percent to 100 percent of their electronic devices
• 31 percent of respondents were "very confident" that their electronic devices are HIPAA compliant
• 18 percent of responders were "very confident" that their mobile devices are HIPAA compliant