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Health IT Security: ONC, OCR Release Updated Version of HHS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool

“The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released version 3.3 of the HHS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool.

ONC and OCR developed the SRA Tool to help HIPAA-covered entities navigate risk assessment requirements under the HIPAA Security Rule. The tool is a software application that organizations can download at no cost…”

“’This version of the SRA Tool is intended to replace the legacy “Paper Version” and may be a good option for users who do not have access to Microsoft Windows.’

The SRA Tool’s audience includes mostly medium and small providers, ONC explains on its website. It may not be applicable to larger organizations…”

“In other OCR news, the office recently announced plans to produce a pre-recorded video presentation on HITECH recognized security practices, a few months after it issued a request for information (RFI) on the recognized security practices…” Read the full article here.

Source: ONC, OCR Release Updated Version of HHS Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool – By Jill McKeon, June 15, 2022. Health IT Security.

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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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