The security
standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act go into effect on April 21, 2005. By this date, hospitals,
physicians, and other health care organizations must implement
administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to:
> Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability
of all electronic
protected health information (PHI)
that the organization creates, receives,
maintains, or transmits
> Protect against any reasonably anticipated threats
or hazards to the
security or integrity of such information
> Protect against any reasonably anticipated uses
or disclosures of
such information that are not permitted
or required under the privacy rule
> Ensure compliance with the security rule by the
organization’s
workforce
Few health care organizations have the expertise
that is required to ensure full compliance with these
complex technical standards. Even some of the largest
hospitals and physician groups have come to us for
help. Fortunately, you can
count on PILEUM to provide the expertise you’ll
need.
Services
> Risk assessments
> Gap analysis
> Solution design
> Decision documentation
> Vendor selection
> Policy and procedures
evaluation
> Disaster recovery planning
> Business associate contract review
> Employee training
> Intrusion
testing
> Management presentations
Benefits > Improve
internal controls and management oversight
> Reduce
operational and litigation risks
> Improve
the likelihood of positive compliance assessments |
