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. Print 23872 Tags: HIPAAOCROffice for Civil RightsAudit2016Intermediate Resource Links Link to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program Related Resources Health Center Resilience in the Face of Cyber Adversity Individuals’ Access and Use of Patient Portals and Smartphone Health Apps, 2022 Information Blocking Rule Requirements for Part 2 Data in Patient Portals Navigating Compliance Challenges with the Information Blocking Rule: A Collection of Case Studies Health Center Guidelines for Implementing FHIR and the Information Blocking Rule