HIPAA lays out specific requirements for breach response and reporting. Although most organizations might understand these requirements in theory, compliance is often tricky in practice.
As healthcare organizations navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment, leaders at various levels—particularly HIM, release of information (ROI), compliance, finance, health information technology (HIT), privacy, and security—face unprecedented challenges.
If your organization is regulated by HIPAA, either as a covered entity (CE) or as a business associate (BA), you probably started a HIPAA training program years ago when the privacy and security rules mandating training were published. Whether old or recently created, your training program may not have met reasonable expectations to begin with. Now may be a good time to review, refresh, and refine that program to take it to a new level.
Auditing of technical controls is increasingly important as both the level of use and technical sophistication of applications, hardware, and networking increase.
