The American Health Information Management Association now offers a data breach toolkit that provides guidance to healthcare organizations in dealing with a data breach and understanding the HIPAA breach notification rule.
The resources provided in the new toolkit are meant to assist healthcare organizations with data breach investigation, reporting and notification.
Concerning breach notification, the toolkit provides healthcare organizations with the elements of a breach notification letter required under the HIPAA breach notification rule.
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