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Ensure That Your Operational Environment Is HIPAA Compliant
>> Awareness,
Assessment, Implementation
The Administrative
Simplification provisions of the HIPAA mandate the development of standards
and requirements for the electronic transmission of certain health care
data. If your organization transmits health care data electronically,
you must create a HIPAA compliant operational environment.
Non-compliance
with the HIPAA Security Rule is only one reason to engage CoyoteWorks
Technologies. More importantly, our service significantly reduces the
following financial risks, which could have a costly impact on healthcare
organizations today.
- Civil
Lawsuits-Many legal experts believe that even before the HIPAA Security
Rule goes into effect, healthcare organizations could be sued in state
courts if patient information is compromised and released as a result
of an inadequate security posture.
- Negative
Publicity-Healthcare organizations typically store a wealth of confidential
patient and corporate data that, if released, could have a devastating
impact on public perception. For instance, by law, hospitals must record
every medical error that occurs at the facility. If this information
is obtained and released to the public, the damage incurred on the reputation
of the hospital would be extremely difficult to resolve.
CoyoteWorks
Technologies' HIPAA Compliance Services are focused on a client's privacy
and security environment in light of the new regulations. Our comprehensive
solutions can be bundled or purchased separately to address compliance
needs and fall within three phases -- awareness, assessment, and implementation.
Phase
1 - Awareness
If you are
not already knowledgeable about HIPAA, CoyoteWorks Technologies can provide
your organization with training and education services to build awareness
among various health care stakeholders through our HIPAA overviews and
seminars. CoyoteWorks' structured approach to meeting the requirements
of the proposed HIPAA rules and regulations highlights education as a
key component. HIPAA education and awareness must be ongoing and engage
the healthcare community at all levels. CoyoteWorks is offering our expertise
to ensure that clients meet the regulations of the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA). By providing an in-depth explanation of
HIPAA, as well as instruction on how to perform a HIPAA Risk Assessment,
CoyoteWorks provides the tools healthcare providers need to start tackling
the emerging compliance issues.
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Phase
2 - Assessment
A dedicated
project manager and a team of HIPAA professionals visit your organization
to gather information about your business structure, your security practices,
and your IT infrastructure. After gathering this information, the project
management guides a team of HIPPA professionals to:
- Analyze
your operational environment to determine which areas do and do not
comply with the HIPAA guidelines
- Prepare
a HIPAA Report Card that summarizes your current level of HIPAA compliance
- Develop
and present a HIPAA Assessment Report outlining the actions needed to
meet HIPAA guidelines
- Recommend
actions required to successfully strengthen your infrastructure to meet
HIPAA regulations
This phase
allows you to calibrate the scope of process, technology, and operational
changes that will be required and in determine your strategy. This approach
is the most cost-effective way to evaluate your infrastructure and benefit
from expert advice. It provides a framework for a total end-to-end solution
that ensures compliance with HIPAA standards while leveraging your operational
and business goals. CoyoteWorks has the following offerings in this area:
- HIPAA
Operational and Technical Assessment Services — Provides a
review of existing business processes and systems to identify the opportunities,
risks, impacts, costs, and operational changes required for HIPAA compliance.
CoyoteWorks' comprehensive HIPAA assessment services and tools address
key areas affected by HIPAA security and privacy standards. In the process,
we help organizations leverage their HIPAA investment into a broader
digital strategy.
- HIPAA
Privacy and Security Assessment Services
— Helps organizations prevent wrongful disclosure of individually
identifiable health information by identifying the privacy-related risks
associated with HIPAA and identify opportunities for improvement. Evaluates
clients' systems, process and policies to ensure they appropriately
protect health information, in accordance with HIPAA requirements and
industry best practices.
- HIPPA
Compliance Risk Analysis Once the assessment is complete, CoyoteWorks
suggests that the client performs a follow-on Risk Analysis to identify
business priorities and potential threats and vulnerabilities. This
effort begins with a Risk Management Workshop, where CoyoteWorks' security
consultants work with you to have a thorough understanding of the potential
threats faced by your organization and to develop a list of controls
to remove, mitigate, or transfer the risk of those threats. A risk analysis
would answer the following questions:
- What
additional safeguards are needed to reduce vulnerabilities?
- How
much will it cost to implement safeguards?
- Which
of the safeguards can be implemented in a cost effective manner,
not just initially but on a continual basis?
- Does
the organization have sufficient internal resources to develop and
implement a comprehensive, ongoing security program?
- Will
the organization need external resources from information technology
vendors?
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Phase
3 — Implementation
Now it's
time to implement your HIPAA compliance strategy. As part of CoyoteWorks'
HIPAA Implementation Service, a dedicated project manager directs the
implementation of a customized solution that meets your specific needs.
The services team installs and configures your HIPAA solution, assures
that your environment meets the currently published HIPAA guidelines,
and tests the solution to eliminate concerns about how the new infrastructure
might affect your existing operations environment.
CoyoteWorks's
HIPAA Compliance Services accommodate numerous strategic alternatives,
including:
- HIPAA
Information Security Services - Provides a life-cycle strategy
for protecting the integrity of health care data. This includes ensuring
the confidentiality and security of information, making it available
to authorized users, and training your staff to comply with the new
policies.
- HIPAA
Enterprise Application Integration Services -
Provides a software "frontend" around your existing systems
and applications to process HIPAA transactions with minimal change,
enabling you to respond to future regulations and e-business opportunities
- either in-house or with CoyoteWorks' support.
- HIPAA
Code Remediation Services - Applies both manual and automated
tools and methodologies to perform enterprise-wide examination, analysis,
and remediation of code to meet HIPAA requirements, maximizing your
investment in your existing systems.
- HIPAA
System Replacement Services - Encompasses CoyoteWorks' designing, developing,
testing, implementing, certifying, and operating a HIPAA-compliant health
care system as an alternative to remediating your existing system.
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