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Acusis
Remains Vigilant on Best Practices in the Outsourced
Medical Transcription Industry
PITTSBURGH, PA – 26 November 2003 –
Acusis® LLC, a leading provider of outsourced medical
transcription services, has taken recent action to reaffirm
the firm’s own best practices regarding Protected
Health Information security and privacy. In response
to recent industry news activity regarding the threatened
release of UCSF patient files by a subcontracted offshore
transcriptionist, the Company has also remained vigilant
in enforcing medical industry security requirements,
including those set forth by HIPAA, MTIA and other professional
organizations.
Acusis constantly reviews and complies with strict
standards for HIPAA regulations in addition to consulting
with outside privacy and security companies such as
Siemens and HIPAA Academy. As a technology provider
offering user-friendly solutions, the Company maintains
proven systems security for data encryption, virtual
privacy network safeguards, multiple firewall layers,
intrusion detection systems and disaster recovery
redundancies for all customer accounts and Company
information. Several recent industry alliances and
many long-term partnerships with companies like Oracle®,
Microsoft and HP – to name a few - are a testament
to the Company’s commitment to technology excellence
and professional industry performance. Acusis has
previously announced commitments to global HIPAA training
and non-disclosure, confidential signed agreements
for all worldwide associates. In addition, the Company
is proud of a successful managed outsourced operation
in India.
According to Acusis CEO, David Iwinski, Jr., “The
outsourced medical transcription industry was disappointed
by recent confidentiality breaches due to a subcontracted
employee’s own agenda. Acusis highly encourages
our customers or potential customers – every
hospital and clinic – to thoroughly research
every outsourced vendor under consideration, including
us, for best business practices. We do not condone
subcontracting unique work for sensitive medical information.
At Acusis, there is zero subcontracting and all work
is done by Company associates.”
For more information on Acusis’ healthcare
business practices, policies or procedures, please
contact the Company at 200 First Avenue, Pittsburgh,
PA 15222 or call 866.837.6158
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