You have been hired as the director of HIT for a new medium healthcare facility. As part of your role, you are tasked with creating a security plan that evaluates how you would approach security threats from both inside and outside the organization. You will write a memo to the chief security officer sharing your recommendations on the following items:
- Critique the current state of the healthcare facility by identifying three potential risks to ePHI that were discovered when you completed a risk assessment.
- Recommend three physical safeguards (i.e., workstation access, facility access, device and media controls)
- Recommend three administrative safeguards (i.e., employee education, contingency planning, security incident procedures, how and who you would communicate with in the event of a crisis)
- Recommend three technical safeguards (i.e., access control, audit controls, cloud computing, firewalls, encryption/decryption)
- Recommend three best practices to protect and secure information when using mobile devices.
As a reference, you may want to visit the following websites:
References:
HHS (n.d.). HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification audit program: United States department of health & human services. http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/audit/index.html
Health IT. (n.d.). Health IT playbook – Section 7: privacy and security. https://www.healthit.gov/playbook/privacy-and-security/#section-7-3
Requirements:
- The memo should be 1–2 pages in length, prepared in a Microsoft Word document, and APA-formatted. Use of a bulleted list is recommended within the memo.
- Include a title page and reference page. Length requirements do not include the title page, and the reference page.
- Follow APA style format and citation guidelines, including Times New Roman 12 point font and double spacing.
- This Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English featuring correct grammar, punctuation, style, and mechanics.
- Include at least two references. All sources must be scholarly. Wikipedia is not acceptable. Use APA style for all citations including course materials.
- Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
