Will HIPAA put the hurt on OCR technology?(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)(optical character recognition ) From: Health Data Management | Date: October 1, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Thomson Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Optical character recognition technology has significantly improved its functionality and accuracy rate over the past few years. But the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act may push OCR technology off the field when the law is fully implemented, some industry observers say.

HIPAA already has made health care organizations, especially mid-size payers, think twice about purchasing OCR systems, says Greg Johnson, an engagement manager at Beacon Partners, a B...