The HHS Office for Civil Rights and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced last week that they have updated the Security Risk Assessment tool with improved functionality to assess risks to protected health information.
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OCR and ONC update Security Risk Assessment tool
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced last week that they have updated the Security Risk Assessment tool with improved functionality to assess risks to protected health information.
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