According to The Security Rule, all covered entities must follow specific guidelines for storing, creating, transmitting or maintaining electronic patient health information. Both small and large organizations with access to patient health records must perform a HIPAA risk assessment in order to meet HIPAA guidelines. Learning more about The

1. According to The Security Rule, all covered entities must follow specific guidelines
for storing, creating, transmitting or maintaining electronic patient health
information. Both small and large organizations with access to patient health
records must perform a HIPAA risk assessment in order to meet HIPAA guidelines.
Learning more about The Security Rule and what it means is the first step to
reaching compliance.

2. Protecting Patient Health Information
Accountability is an important aspect of current HIPAA guidelines. A HIPAA risk
assessment is designed to identify potential threats that may not be immediately
obvious to staff. For example, you may know that protecting patient information
from unauthorized disclosures is important, but did you know that you are also
responsible for protecting electronic patient health information in the case of a
natural threat such as a flood? Relying on HIPAA risk assessment software that
meets or exceeds current HIPAA regulations is an ideal solution if you aren't sure
where you need to make changes in the way that patient information is created,
stored or transmitted.
Your organization will need to identify risks and threats both within your
organization and through any third parties that you rely on. For instance, insurance
companies that are billed through your office, web storage companies that maintain
your patient database and some other service providers will also need to be HIPAA
compliant in order for your organization to be compliant. You should plan to
perform a HIPAA risk assessment anytime there are significant changes within your
organization regarding the way data is stored or managed, but also when there are
changes with your staff or systems. For instance, if you update your internal records
system or make major changes in the number of employees working in your office,
you may need to perform an assessment. You should retain written records of each
assessment and which document any changes you make in order to remain
compliant.
Becoming Compliant

3. Reviewing the guidelines covered by the Security Rule is recommend. The current
guidelines are complex, however, and many organizations will need to make several
changes in order to become HIPAA compliant. Using HIPAA compliant software is an
efficient method of identifying the changes that your organization needs to make to
become compliant without struggling to understand HIPAA guidelines alone or
hiring a third party to assess your security measures. Your HIPAA risk assessment
software is an important tool that should be chosen with care since the assessment
will be used to build a foundation for any additional security measures that need to
be taken within your organization to reach compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Your HIPAA risk assessment software should provide you with the written report
that you need to prove compliance, provide you with gap remediation solutions and
help you identify any problems that may exist concerning your current security
measures. With the right software and clear goals on how you can improve your
organization's security, becoming HIPAA compliant doesn't have to be complicated
and time consuming.
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