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Information governance programs are not as prevalent or mature in healthcare compared to other industries, according to preliminary results of a benchmarking survey by the American Health Information Management Association.
In the survey, only 11 percent of respondents characterized their
information governance as "mature" programs. Also, a mere 17 percent of
healthcare organizations had mature policy and procedure practices in
place. In addition, 35 percent of survey respondents either didn't know
whether their healthcare organizations had information governance
efforts underway or indicated that their organization did not recognize
the need for information governance, while 22 percent acknowledged the
need but didn't yet initiate a program.