Becker's Healthcare October 17, 2018
A security risk assessment tool for hospitals and other HIPAA-covered entities boasts new usability features, thanks to updates from two HHS agencies.
The two agencies — the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Office for Civil Rights, which enforces HIPAA privacy regulations — developed the tool to help small- to medium-sized healthcare practices, covered entities and business associates understand their current security posture and identify risks to the secure storage of patient health information.
The tool outlines steps healthcare organizations can take to analyze risks to the...