The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is working to provide more tools to help providers, including a downloadable security risk assessment tool, reports Healthcare IT News. Laura Rosas, senior policy advisor at the Office of the Chief Privacy Officer said at the HIMSS14 conference on Tuesday that “small practices don't really understand what a risk assessment is and what the process entails," adding, "we know from Office for Civil Rights audits that these practices simply aren't doing the assessment." The ONC already offers tools in the way of a training game and notice of privacy practice templates. Editor’s Note: For more privacy tools, visit the IAPP’s online Resource Center.
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