The attached document is provided by Gerry Blass, President of Blass Consulting, LLC and Chief Developer of HIPAA ComplyAssistant. Although the paper is short and an easy read, there is a lot of information there to provide thought and sound guidance for management of your HIPAA compliance initiative.
You may want to take a look at the resource tool that Gerry has developed. HIPAA ComplyAssistant is a software tool designed to simplify the management of HIPAA compliance and to provide centralization of due diligence documentation. It is a multi-dimensional compliance resource that ties up the loose ends and provides historical continuity. This is crucial for a compliance initiative that is unparalleled in its depth and scope. As your business processes, technology, and interpretation of privacy and security acceptable practices change, it is important to be able to look back and see where you have been, where you are now and know where you would like to go.
I have evaluated and analyzed close to a hundred HIPAA compliance tools. ComplyAssistant is truly the most intuitive and useful tool I have had the pleasure to test. Not only did it exceed any expectation I had for such a tool, but follow up with users of the system confirmed my own
impressions. Health Systems, multi-practice organizations, physician practices, hospitals, and consultants assisting healthcare organizations have found HIPAA ComplyAssistant to be an invaluable compliance tool Here are a few comments concerning ComplyAssistant:
impressions. Health Systems, multi-practice organizations, physician practices, hospitals, and consultants assisting healthcare organizations have found HIPAA ComplyAssistant to be an invaluable compliance tool Here are a few comments concerning ComplyAssistant:
"The security standard just went final and we received our updated version of HIPAA ComplyAssistant."
"We have experienced excellent implementation service and support."
"We Love the software because it is so easy to use."
"We chose HIPAA ComplyAssistant because it is simple to use, asks survey questions according to the latest HIPAA standards, and allows us to conduct our risk assessment, budget for and track our mitigation, track PHI dataflow, create work plans and can tell us exactly where we are at with HIPAA compliance via graphs and reports."
"HIPAA is a large project to manage, and that is why we appreciate having a tool to help us get organized with planning and documentation for the long run."
"It is certainly going to help us with our long term due diligence efforts. Everything we do is documented and organized in one central database. We highly recommend it!"
Why are opinions of this product so high? Perhaps it is what HIPAA ComplyAssistant provides:
Surveys (Content specific for organization, department, facility, systems and applications)
Issue management
Incident recording and resolution tracking
Task management
Risk assessment
Mitigation planning
Work plans
Resource management (costs, man-days, capital)
Snapshot graphs and reports
PHI dataflow management
BA Contract management
System Life Cycle management
Policy and procedure management
Issue management
Incident recording and resolution tracking
Task management
Risk assessment
Mitigation planning
Work plans
Resource management (costs, man-days, capital)
Snapshot graphs and reports
PHI dataflow management
BA Contract management
System Life Cycle management
Policy and procedure management
Requirements directly linked with chapter and verse of the Privacy and Security Rule
Comprehensive reference library
24/7 support through on-line discussion group
Would you like to document the resources already expended for HIPAA compliance or determine what resources need to be budgeted for current and future compliance initiatives? Would you like to ensure that HIPAA compliance is not a forgotten consideration when processes, policies and procedures, or systems are upgraded or changed? Or, do you have all the bases covered, and would just like to see if maybe on the off-chance you overlooked something?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, I strongly encourage you to visit www.complyassistant.com and sign up for a webex demonstration.
Take control of the system and run a requirement through the HIPAA Comply Assistant steps, or run an issue of your own through this application. I believe you will be impressed with how easy HIPAA ComplyAssistant is to use and how thoroughly every privacy and security issue and requirement is addressed.
Comprehensive reference library
24/7 support through on-line discussion group
Would you like to document the resources already expended for HIPAA compliance or determine what resources need to be budgeted for current and future compliance initiatives? Would you like to ensure that HIPAA compliance is not a forgotten consideration when processes, policies and procedures, or systems are upgraded or changed? Or, do you have all the bases covered, and would just like to see if maybe on the off-chance you overlooked something?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, I strongly encourage you to visit www.complyassistant.com and sign up for a webex demonstration.
Take control of the system and run a requirement through the HIPAA Comply Assistant steps, or run an issue of your own through this application. I believe you will be impressed with how easy HIPAA ComplyAssistant is to use and how thoroughly every privacy and security issue and requirement is addressed.
I sincerely hope you take the opportunity to experience HIPAA ComplyAssistant for yourself,
Barbara McGowin, CPC
Executive Recruiter
HIT Recruiting
(843) 824-8537
mcgowins@...
Connecting Healthcare Organizations with People,
Products and Services to Achieve HIPAA Compliance.
Barbara McGowin, CPC
Executive Recruiter
HIT Recruiting
(843) 824-8537
mcgowins@...
Connecting Healthcare Organizations with People,
Products and Services to Achieve HIPAA Compliance.