Information Risk Planning and Management
Information risk planning is a key Information Governance (IG) program activity. In healthcare organizations, risk analysis is a HIPAA regulatory obligation as part of the administrative safeguard requirement. 1
According to the Health and Human Services website, “Risk analysis should be an ongoing process, in which a covered entity [healthcare provider, plan, or clearinghouse] regularly reviews its records to track access to e-PHI and detect security incidents, periodically evaluates the effectiveness of security measures put in place, and regularly reevaluates potential risks to e-PHI.” 2
Often organizations have identified risks to information but have not taken the appropriate risk ...
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