Blog Category: HIPAA Compliance BLIP
HIPAA compliance is a team effort. One slip by any team member or a lapse in your network security can compromise sensitive information. So it’s important to develop a culture of HIPAA compliance. This HIPAA checklist is a guide to making the changes many medical offices around Tampa need.
- Annual Risk Assessment ______________________
- Security Officer ______________________
- HIPAA Policies and Procedures
- Employee Disciplinary Log
- Annual Employee Training (at minimum)
- Managed Firewall
- Anti-virus/Anti-malware
- Remote Monitoring/Patch Management
- Business Class Email with Encryption
- Backup/Disaster Recovery Solution
- Business Associate Agreements
- Inventory of all media containing PHI
- Proper disposal of ePHI and PHI
- Server Room Access Log
- Strong, unique passwords
- Your network must defend against cyberattacks.
This checklist is not exhaustive, but it’s a good start. It should not be substituted for a comprehensive risk assessment or interpreted as legal advice.
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