Safeguarding Protected Health Information: 5 Strategies

Redspin’s report called “Breach Report 2013: Protected Health Information” includes an analysis of statistical breach data since 2009, an assessment of the overall effectiveness of the current policies designed to safeguard protected health information and recommendations to prevent breaches that result in the HIPAA violations.

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Here are Redspin’s five suggestions for preventing HIPAA breaches:

 

1. Conduct an annual HIPAA security risk analysis.
2. Insist on encryption of data on all portable devices.
3. Implement vulnerability assessments and penetration testing more frequently.
4. Educate your employees on IT security.
5. Engage with your business associates and ensure that they are handling PHI safely.

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