HHS Office for Civil Rights / Monday, October 31, 2016 / Categories: Privacy and Security, HIPAA, Breach Mitigation & Response Guidance on the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program Overview and details for 2016 provided by the Office for Civil Rights From the OCR website: The audit program is an important part of OCR’s overall health information privacy, security, and breach notification compliance activities. OCR uses the audit program to assess the HIPAA compliance efforts of a range of entities covered by HIPAA regulations. The audits present an opportunity to examine mechanisms for compliance, identify best practices, discover risks and vulnerabilities that may not have come to light through OCR’s ongoing complaint investigations and compliance reviews, and enable us to get out in front of problems before they result in breaches. OCR will broadly identify best practices gleaned through the audit process and will provide guidance targeted to identified compliance challenges. Resource Links Link to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program Print 24267 Tags: HIPAA OCR Office for Civil Rights Audit 2016 Intermediate Related Resources Keeping the Pediatric PHI Secure: Using the Security Risk Assessment Tool OCR COVID-19 Webinar Using non-traditional technology for telehealth during COVID-19 Pandemic Strategic Cybersecurity Breach Protection and Incident Response Health Center Defense Against the Dark Web Presentation