You have to conduct a periodic security risk analysis to make sure your organization is handling patient data securely. Plus, if you’re participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program, you have to conduct an SRA by the end of 2019. To help you...
Have you conducted your security risk analysis yet? The security risk analysis is critical to making sure your organization is protecting patient data in compliance with the requirements in the HIPAA Security Rule. Plus, you have to conduct an SRA by the end of 2019...
It’s not too late to conduct your 2019 security risk analysis! Why is this important? The security risk analysis is critical to making sure your organization’s security practices comply with the requirements in the HIPAA Security Rule. If you’re participating in the...
If you are reading this post, it is highly likely that you already know that you are required to do a security risk analysis. You know that HIPAA, Promoting Interoperability Program (PIP) (formerly known as Meaningful Use) and MIPS all require it. You are also...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Companies that sell consumer health tech aren’t overseen by any federal agency or law. They are relatively free to collect, use, and even sell user health information. About a quarter of U.S. adults (56.7 million people) are using wearable devices,...
As a HIPAA privacy or security officer, you are used to seeing HIPAA compliance issues pop up out of nowhere. You don’t have the time to chase down the details of every security incident in your organization. However, security incident tracking doesn’t...