HIPAA is a regulatory standard that specifies the lawful disclosure and use of protected health information (PHI). Learn how to comply with its security requirements.
An organization will need to use a HIPAA compliance checklist to make sure its service or product meets all the administrative, physical and technical safeguards of the HIPAA security rule. They also need to fulfill all the requirements of the HIPAA privacy and breach notification rules. The follo...
Each of our checklist (Privacy Rule Checklist; Security Rule Checklist; Cloud, Social Media & Mobile Checklist) items contain policy statements, processes that underpin each policy and suggested tracking mechanisms to help capture each process results. Get It All & SAVE BIG! Our Annual Subscription...
The Transactions and Code Sets Rule; The HIPAA Security Rule; and The Enforcement Rule. When a vendor, business partner, or a colleague implies that they are HIPAA compliant, the first question you should ask (now that you know) is "under what rule?" That will quickly tell you whether or...
Transmission Security:(A) Institute technical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to electronically transmitted protected health information. What Else should I know about HIPAA compliance? Compliance is an ongoing process, not a one-time event. This HIPAA compliance checklist represents...
The HIPAA Security Rule contains the rules that must be applied to protect ePHI, both when it is at rest and in transit. The rules apply to anybody or any system that has access to confidential patient data. What is meant by ‘access’ is the means necessary to read, write, communicate...
The Security Standards were issued on February 20, 2003 but the HIPAA law went into effect on April 21, 2003 with a compliance date of April 21. The HIPAA Privacy Rule pertains to all Protected Health Information (PHI) including paper and electronic, the Security Rule deals specifically with ...
Hybrid entities– those that fall into both categories – are either covered entities or business associates. Sole proprietors are not subject to the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule or the Security Rule. Permitted Use and Disclosure of PHI ...
The HIPAA Survival Guide attempts a "forest from the trees" overview of the both theHIPAA Privacy Ruleand theHIPAA Security Rule. The genesis of these rules is covered in theHIPAA and HITECH Act Backgroundsection. This Survival Guide only targets a subset ofCovered Entities, namely providers....
Security Rule training must be even more focused on the consequences of taking shortcuts, circumnavigating safeguards, and failing to alert managers of a data breach for fear of “getting into trouble”. One way of achieving this is to ask members of the workforce to run personal online creden...