HIPAA Journal July 15, 2025
HIPAA incident management is the process of tracking, responding to, and documenting HIPAA security incidents as they are detected by automated security tools or reported by members of the workforce. An effective HIPAA incident management process not only supports compliance with the Administrative Safeguards of the HIPAA Security Rule, but it can also help identify gaps in an organization’s security defenses.
All HIPAA covered entities and business associates are required to have procedures in place for identifying and responding to suspected or known security incidents, mitigating any harmful effects of the incidents, and documenting the incidents and their outcomes (§164.308(a)(6)). It is also necessary for covered entities and business associates to implement procedures to regularly review security incident tracking reports...
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