You’ve heard of the SWOT analysis – a technique used to help businesses identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The SWOT analysis helps an organization identify its priorities and set a course of action. Similarly, a “gap” analysis can help a...
Before you rush headlong into 2020, you might want to take a pause. In the next couple of weeks, take time to evaluate how well your HIPAA compliance program has run this year and what you can do to make it stronger in the new year. To help you evaluate and plan...
At a busy healthcare organization, your HIPAA compliance documentation can quickly become a tangled mess of papers and binders. You’re probably already frustrated by the sheer volume of files you’ve accumulated. But do you need all of it? When can you get rid of some...
As a healthcare organization, you know you have to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But then you hear about organizations that become “HIPAA Certified” with a badge to show for it, and maybe you wonder, Does my organization...
Policies and procedures are the backbone of your HIPAA compliance program. They direct your entire team on how to carry out the standards of the HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules. Policy management is the process of creating, distributing, and...
Health care providers must put HIPAA rules into practice, but the law doesn’t say how. Since the HIPAA privacy rule and security rule came into effect in April 2003 and 2005 respectively, health care providers have searched for HIPAA compliance implementation...