4 Reasons to Consider Virtual CISO Consulting Services
Looking to fill resource gaps on your IT team? Virtual CISO consulting services could be the answer – learn 4 reasons to consider hiring a vCISO
Fundamental Purchasing Guide for Vendor Risk Management Software
Are you looking to purchase vendor risk management software for your healthcare organization? Our fundamental guide outlines the features and functionality to look for when evaluating solutions, along with an expanded definition of what constitutes a “business associate” and the types of business data to be protected when working with third parties.
How to Prepare for Your Annual HIPAA Compliance Audit
Learn how to prepare for your annual HIPAA compliance audit with 6 best practice tips from the team at ComplyAssistant.
3 Use Cases for AI in Security and Compliance
A 2019 report found that over 40 percent of health care executives said artificial intelligence will be the technology with the highest impact on operational performance in the next 3 years. But AI is not just for clinical use.
4 Security and Compliance Predictions for 2020
Over the course of 2019, we covered a variety of security and compliance topics, including security risk audits, HIPAA compliance, employee compliance training, and executive leadership and IT governance.
Though these issues are still relevant going into a new decade, we predict a renewed – or even evolved – outlook on four specific areas of security and compliance strategy.
5 Things to Know About Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Have you heard the term GRC but not quite sure what it includes? This is a list of the top 5 things you should know about governance, risk, and compliance.
“We have cyber insurance. We’re covered.”
“It’s not a matter of if. It’s a matter of when.” Have you heard this – or even said it yourself – when discussing cybersecurity matters at your healthcare organization?
Governance Report Cards = Better Compliance Budgeting
Just like other operational and clinical areas of a healthcare system, the right metrics can help you understand current state in your compliance and security strategy and help guide decisions for how your organization should allocate funding for health IT projects related to governance, risk, and compliance.
But, where to begin? Using a quarterly governance report card is an efficient way to gather data and see trending over time. Start with our top seven metrics to gather on your report card:
PHI Hide and Seek – Hidden PHI Carries High Financial Risk
The technology storm of the past three decades has made access to electronic protected health information (ePHI) easier, which benefits patient care in an ever-fragmented delivery system, but is bad for information security. Protected health information (PHI) can be found in virtually every corner of a healthcare system, concealed in unlikely places. With each new technology, acquisition, or merger comes new vulnerabilities that may remain unseen until the right assessments are performed to uncover them.
HIPAA IT Compliance Checklist
Struggling with staying on top of HIPAA? Our easy-to-use HIPAA IT compliance checklist will help you keep track of your administrative, technical and physical safeguards.
Dreading the annual compliance training? There’s a better way.
Healthcare organizations simply cannot continue to rely on traditional training methods and call it day. Building a culture of compliance takes more than watching a video and checking a box. Your employees need to be engaged, to feel empowered, for a culture of compliance to thrive. And, there’s nothing wrong with having a little fun while you’re at it.
Is Meaningful Use Still Meaningful?
Originally designed as part of HITECH to encourage providers to adopt electronic health records (EHRs), meaningful use was a means to an end – towards improved population health and better patient care among fragmented providers. The program prioritized five pillars of health outcomes:
