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Have best practices in place for mobile HIPAA compliance
Whether your organization is a Bring Your Own Device environment or members utilize company-issued devices, it’s still crucial to build a mobile policy into your organization’s HIPAA best practices guideline. A mobile HIPAA compliance policy should clearly outline appropriate security measures for your organization’s mobile use, and should also cover the necessary steps for mitigating a security breach in the event that a mobile device is lost or stolen. Having a set of HIPAA-specific standards for your organization to follow ensures uniformity in how mobile security is handled throughout all departments.
Educate and train staff regularly
The most important step your organization can take in promoting mobile device HIPAA compliance is to conduct regular training on the topic. While it’s important for organizations to have best practices and plans in place for a potential HIPAA-related breach, these best practices won’t do any good unless employees are fully trained and understand the dos and don’ts of HIPAA and mobile devices. Employee negligence is the leading cause of healthcare data breaches, and IT professionals consistently rate users as the weakest point in an organization’s data security. Because of this, no matter how secure your network, employee training will always be paramount to HIPAA security. As the use of mobile devices in the healthcare industry continues to grow, so do the compliance risks associated with it. In order for members of your organization to best take advantage of the many uses and benefits of mobile technology, proper training is necessary.
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