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KLAS questions vendor claims on HIEs
Vendors may suggest that many successful health information exchanges have been built with their technology, but the reality is different, according to a new report from KLAS.









A business associate agreement may not by the safe harbor needed by either the covered entity or business associate agreement.
Rebecca Herold, CIPP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, FLMI, a renowned privacy and information security expert states in her February article Business associate security and privacyprograms:HIPAA and HITECH in Compliance Today "It is more important than ever for CEs to take proactive measures to ensure BAs establish and maintain effective and appropriate information security and privacy policies and other supporting actions. Simply depending upon a security questionnaire answered once a year (or even less often), with no validation that the information provided is even accurate, is not effective. CEs must take a more proactive approach to ensuring BAs have effective and compliant programs in place"