The assessment is a requirement for both HIPAA and the electronic health record meaningful use incentive programs.
The survey by the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society includes responses from 329 IT and security professionals employed by hospitals and ambulatory care providers. The percent of healthcare organizations conducting these assessments has remained stable at 75 percent across the four years HIMSS has issued the survey.
Meaningful use also requires organizations correct deficiencies identified in the risk analysis. The survey found more than 80 percent of the respondents who conduct a risk assessment use the assessment information to determine what security controls to implement.
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