Health IT Security November 1, 2019
The Office of the National Coordinator is reminding healthcare organizations to leverage its Security Risk Assessment Tool, in closing out National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Developed in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office for Civil Rights, the tool was updated in October 2018. The updates included an enhanced user interface, modular workflows, custom assessment logic, progress tracker, threats and vulnerabilities rating, and detailed reports.
ONC also added business associate and asset tracking, an area that many providers have struggled to keep pace of in the current expansive digital health environment.
The free resource is designed to help organizations conduct effective risk assessments, as required by HIPAA. As noted in several recent OCR civil monetary...
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