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7 best practices for a successful incident response plan

GovHIT - Chris Apgar & Mahmood Sher-Jan - October 2nd, 2012

An MIT professor once said there is zero correlation between intelligence and wisdom. Intelligence abounds throughout any healthcare organization. When faced with a potential data breach or other incident that can potentially harm organizations and their customers, an incident response plan, or IRP, converts that knowledge into usable wisdom that protects an organization’s patients, customers, and reputation.

Required for covered entities and now because of the HITEHC Act, business associates under the HIPAA Security Rule, an IRP provides organizations with a step-by-step guide for responding to security incidents.

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