TIP: Conduct routine audits
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, December 7, 2009
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Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of tips in HIPAA Weekly Advisor about preventing breaches.
Covered entities (CE) should perform routine audits of employee access to PHI. Tell employees that you are conducting the audits and inform them that you intend for the audits to revitalize the organization’s privacy policy.
This material is an excerpt from the HCPro, Inc., white paper, “HHS Breach Notification Interim Final Rule. Form Your Incident Response Team, Set Policies and Procedures to Comply with New Federal HIPAA Regulations.”
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