{"id":24487,"date":"2020-09-22T06:54:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T06:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/hipaa-privacy-risk-assessment-checklist\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T02:55:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T02:55:03","slug":"hipaa-privacy-risk-assessment-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/hipaa-privacy-risk-assessment-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"HIPAA Privacy Risk Assessment Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The requirement for covered entities to conduct a HIPAA risk assessment<\/strong> was introduced in 2003 with the original HIPAA Privacy Rule.<\/p>\n

Conducting periodic risk assessments is not only required by law, but will also help you avoid potential violations<\/strong> that can be incredibly costly.<\/p>\n

\"More recently, the majority of fines have been under the \u201cWillful Neglect\u201d HIPAA violation category, where organizations knew \u2013 or should have known \u2013 they had a responsibility to safeguard their patients\u00b4 personal information. Many of the largest fines \u2013 including the record $5.5 million fine issued against the Advocate Health Care Network \u2013 are attributable to organizations failing to identify where risks to the integrity of PHI existed.\" - <\/em>HIPAA Journal<\/a>, HIPAA Risk Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n

Facing a sudden data breach by a group of skilled cyber-crime attackers would be a lot more damaging if an investigation showed that the breach could have been avoided, and was largely due to a failure to identify and safeguard risks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This checklist is designed to guide you through a comprehensive evaluation of your compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule<\/strong>, and to identify areas that need to be addressed to improve PHI security.<\/p>\n

The template is split up into the following sections:<\/p>\n