The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule, released January 2013, introduced some significant changes and updates. The 2012 HIPAA audits, performed by KPMG, concluded with some initial findings released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights, OCR. These two events may impact how you govern your internal organization and network for patient privacy and protection of PHI.
Here are nine network considerations to address in the new HIPAA landscape. I will discuss the first consideration in this blog.