It may not be the proverbial keys to the kingdom, but OCR's recently published audit protocol for its current privacy and security audits gives healthcare organizations an inside look at the inspection process.
A compliance officer is responsible for providing leadership for a healthcare organization's compliance program, but this is not a job a compliance officer must do alone.
If HIM professionals needed another reason to be concerned with protected health information (PHI) outside of paper records, a surgery center in Arizona provided one in April.
