The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Friday issued its first in a series of HITECH-required guidance documents to educate covered entities and business associates (BA) on the best methods to secure ...

The Office of Civil Rights is reminding healthcare organizations that while gap analysis is an effective tool to find existing vulnerabilities within a network, it can’t substitute the risk analysis ...

Protected Health Information (PHI) breaches occur for many reasons besides cyberattacks. In fact, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which leads breach ...

The number of major health data breaches posted to the federal tally so far in 2022 - and the total number of individuals affected by those breaches - has surged in recent weeks as reports of large ...

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights is considering a policy initiative to financially compensate victims of healthcare breaches, OCR Director Roger Severino said during a HIPAA summit presentation in ...