This rule outlines the specific set of national security standards that are intended to protect health data when it is created, received, maintained, or transmitted electronically.
There are three parts to the HIPPA Security Rule:
- Administrative Safeguards: To meet HIPPA’s Administrative Safeguards, an organization needs to:
- Assign a privacy officer
- Complete an annual risk assessment
- Implement employee training
- Review policies and procedures
- Execute Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with all partners who handle protected health information (PHI)
- Technical Safeguards: To meet HIPPA’s Technical Safeguards, an organization needs to protect electronic health information using the following measures:
- Unique User IDs
- Emergency Access Procedure
- Automatic Logoff
- Encryption and Decryption
- Audit Controls
- Mechanism to Authenticate ePHI
- Authentication
- Integrity Controls
- Physical Safeguards: To meet HIPPA’s Physical Safeguards, an organization needs to have certain physical measures, policies, and procedures in place to protect a covered entity’s electronic information systems and related buildings and equipment, from natural and environmental hazards, and unauthorized intrusion.
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