On October 16, 2018 the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced an update to their previously provided Security Risk Assessment Tool. According to ONC and OCR, the “tool is designed to help healthcare providers conduct a security risk assessment” as required under the HIPAA Security Rule. ONC states that the updated tool includes additional features such as:
- Enhanced user interface
- Modular workflow
- Custom assessment logic
- Progress ...
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