Health IT Security October 28, 2022
OCR stressed the importance of timely incident detection and response, as required by the HIPAA Security Rule.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) utilized its October newsletter to remind covered entities of their incident response obligations under the HIPAA Security Rule. The newsletter provided a refresher of HIPAA Security Rule requirements as well as tips for implementation.
“In the health care sector, hacking is now the greatest threat to the privacy and security of PHI,” the newsletter explained. “A timely response to a cybersecurity incident is one of the best ways to prevent, mitigate, and recover from cyberattacks.”
In fact, about three-quarters of the healthcare data breaches reported to OCR in 2021 involved hacking/IT incidents, the newsletter noted.
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