Steps

1. Complete your Initial HIPAA Compliance Setup
2. Complete your Security Risk Assessment

Complete your Initial HIPAA Compliance Setup

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Learn What is a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment? here.

The Security Risk Assessment documents the current state of your Organization's HIPAA Compliance setup. Your answers to the Assessment questions will be vastly different before and after going through the initial HIPAA Compliance Setup steps. Therefore, our suggestion is to start by going through your initial HIPAA Compliance setup before completing the Security Risk Assessment.

Steps:

• Step 1: Assign a Privacy Officer
• Step 2: Setup Data Inventory
• Step 3: Add BAs & Send BAAs
• Step 4: Create Policies & Procedures
• Step 5: Invite your Team, Assign Training & Policy Attestation

Complete your Security Risk Assessment

From the Dashboard, Select Compliance in the left sidebar > Select Assessments

Select New Assessment > Select Security Risk

Select Start

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Tip! This Assessment do not need to be completed in one sitting. Your progress will be saved!

Select Start Assessment

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Note: This is not a Pass/Fail test. The Security Risk Assessment's purpose is to document current setup.

Answer each Question > Select Next

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**Tip! ** This Security Risk Assessment is from HHS – Accountable did not write these questions. Some of the questions are vague. Answer each question to the best of your ability!

Once you complete each section of the Assessment, Review your Answers > Select Continue Assessment

• If you would like to edit a response, Select the Question

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Congratulations! You are one step closer to being HIPAA compliant. In your dashboard, your HIPAA score should have moved a little bit closer to 100%.

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REMINDER: This is a recurring element of HIPAA Compliance. You need to complete a Security Risk Assessment for your organization every 12 months.