HIPAA Compliance - Why You Need It
Vector Choice's HIPAA Compliance Services help healthcare organizations mitigate risks, avoid costly fines, and protect sensitive patient information. We tailor security controls to your specific needs, conduct comprehensive risk assessments, and offer customized compliance solutions rather than checkbox audits. With expert guidance and a multi-layered security approach, we ensure your organization stays ahead of regulatory changes and cyber threats, significantly reducing the risk of attacks. Partner with Vector Choice for a secure, efficient, and fully compliant IT environment.
Vector Choice: Your HIPAA Compliance Consulting Group
Risk Categorization
Comprehensive System Security Plan
HIPAA mandates organizations to maintain and regularly update a comprehensive security plan, including policies and timelines for future security controls implementation.
Implement the Right Security Controls
HIPAA suggests numerous security controls, but only the ones relevant to your organization are required. We help you identify and implement the appropriate controls.
Conduct Risk Assessments
HIPAA requires three-tiered risk assessments to evaluate security risks. Our team identifies and documents gaps in protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
Update Policies and Procedures
We review and update your HIPAA policies and procedures to ensure they comply with the latest regulations and adequately protect patient information.
Self-Assessment Training
We provide industry-leading training to empower your team to conduct effective HIPAA compliance self-assessments, ensuring long-term adherence to regulatory standards.
HIPAA Privacy Rule: What Is It?
Unfortunately, attacks against healthcare are skyrocketing. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule is designed to protect individually identifiable health information that may be accessed, used, or shared by healthcare organizations and their business associates. As required by Congress in HIPAA, the Privacy Rule covers health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers who conduct financial and administrative transactions electronically. In order to be HIPAA compliant, there are a variety of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that organizations must comply with. It's important for organizations within the healthcare industry to ensure the confidentiality of protected health information.
For IT teams with limited resources, it can be overwhelming to stay on top of HIPAA regulations. Especially with the ever-changing industry landscape. A HIPAA compliance consultant, like Vector Choice, can help by bringing cost-effective expertise to compliance efforts to your organization.
The Importance of Protecting Patient Privacy
Failure to adequately protect personal health information could lead to severe consequences for organizations within the healthcare industry. Healthcare organizations could get hit with significant fines as well as civil monetary penalties. The financial consequences can total hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars. Not only can failure to comply results in financial losses, it can hurt the organization's reputation within the community. For these reasons, it's incredibly important to enlist the support of a reputable HIPAA compliance consulting group.
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FAQ
How do you secure our confidential data?
We have multiple methods to secure your confidential data.
First, we ensure all computers/servers have disk encryption turned on and is monitored.
Second, we deploy tools to help encrypt data in transit, like VPN services.
Finally, we have monitoring services that can look for unauthorized access or mass data moves/deletion from services like SharePoint.
Do you provide reports on our IT systems?
A key part of our service is reporting. This is highly important for our clients that require compliance services. We have regular meetings with your account manager to ensure service levels, discuss changes to plans and technology roadmaps, and review reports. Reports include phishing training, health of systems, ticket update, cybersecurity reports, executive summary reports, and more.
Do you provide training services for new software?
We have a range of training videos and documents. If your company requires training for specific software, we can provide training as needed. We also include ongoing security training for our clients.
When I have an IT problem, how do I get support?
When a client has a problem, we open a ticket in our IT management system so we can properly assign, track, prioritize, document, and resolve client issues. You can call, email, or submit a ticket via our portal.
Is your help desk in-house or outsourced?
We provide in-house, dedicated technicians to your account who will get to know you and your company, as well as your preferences and history. We successfully resolve your IT issues and handle things the way you want.
Do you have a SOC (Security Operations Center) and do you run it in-house or outsource?
Yes, we have an in-house SOC that monitors your company's network for any security issues.
