Rethinking Risk Management

HIPAA Data Security. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 establishes a standard of due care for data security in healthcare organizations. The regulation requires each healthcare organization to conduct a security risk assessment to ensure that its security progra...

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Hauptverfasser: Alberts, Christopher, Dorofee, Audrey
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Zusammenfassung:HIPAA Data Security. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 establishes a standard of due care for data security in healthcare organizations. The regulation requires each healthcare organization to conduct a security risk assessment to ensure that its security program effectively mitigates its risk. Key Questions: Do state-of-the-practice risk assessments accurately characterize the security risk confronting healthcare organizations? Are some risks overlooked by state-of-the-practice risk assessments? Includes briefing charts only.