In an effort to protect patient data from potential cyberattacks, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has put forth new cybersecurity guidelines for healthcare institutions.
According to OCR, the proposal aims to amend the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as part of a larger effort to strengthen critical infrastructure cybersecurity.
By revising the HIPAA Security Rule’s requirements to “better address ever-increasing cybersecurity threats to the healthcare sector,” the rule aims to improve safeguards for electronic protected health information (ePHI) read more about New HIPAA Rules Mandate 72-Hour Data Restoration and Annual Compliance Audits.
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