HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Released

HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Released

HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Released

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 03/28/2014 03:54 PM EDT

Tool Helps Users Identify HIPAA Security Risks and Safeguards

A new tool from The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) can help make the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule more understandable and security risk assessments easier. The Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool application lets users take a self-directed tour of HIPAA standards and conduct a self-paced risk assessment.

Features include: 

• Context sections to help understand potential threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts
• Examples of safeguards that could be instituted
• Ability to export the report as an Excel or pdf document to share or analyze the information in a convenient format.

Download the Windows version of the tool at http://www.HealthIT.gov/security-risk-assessment. For iPad users download the iOS iPad version from the Apple App Store (search under “HHS SRA Tool”).

Public comments on the SRA Tool will be accepted at http://www.HealthIT.gov/security-risk-assessment until June 2. Comments will be used to improve the SRA Tool in future update cycles.