The Definitive Guide to Complying with the HIPAA/HITECH Privacy and Security Rules

Chapter 3

Compliance Overview

Objectives

The objectives of this chapter are as follows:

• ■  Understand that regulations are requirements that need to be met by the covered entity.
• ■  Understand regulations assist in the development of policies.
• ■  Understand procedures utilize standards to implement policies.
• ■  Understand guidelines are set by procedures.
• ■  Determine what is meant by reasonable safeguards to secure electronic protected health information.
• ■  Determine what the covered entity should concentrate on in regard to becoming compliant.
• ■  Understand the importance of conducting a risk assessment.
• ■  Understand the importance of security awareness training.
• ■  Determine if the covered entities’ current business associate agreements ...