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== Definition 1 ==
 
Risk Analysis is systematic and ongoing process of identifying threats, controls, and vulnerabilities—as well as their likelihood of impact—to arrive at an overall rating of risk. <ref name="AHIMA 2013">AHIMA. "Security Risk Analysis and Management: An Overview (Updated)." Journal of AHIMA 84, no.11 (November–December 2013): expanded web version.http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/idcplg?IdcService=GET_HIGHLIGHT_INFO&QueryText=%28risk+analysis+and+security%29%3Cand%3E%28xPublishSite%3Csubstring%3E%60BoK%60%29&SortField=xPubDate&SortOrder=Desc&dDocName=bok1_050533&HighlightType=HtmlHighlight&dWebExtension=hcsp</ref>
 
Risk Analysis is systematic and ongoing process of identifying threats, controls, and vulnerabilities—as well as their likelihood of impact—to arrive at an overall rating of risk. <ref name="AHIMA 2013">AHIMA. "Security Risk Analysis and Management: An Overview (Updated)." Journal of AHIMA 84, no.11 (November–December 2013): expanded web version.http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/idcplg?IdcService=GET_HIGHLIGHT_INFO&QueryText=%28risk+analysis+and+security%29%3Cand%3E%28xPublishSite%3Csubstring%3E%60BoK%60%29&SortField=xPubDate&SortOrder=Desc&dDocName=bok1_050533&HighlightType=HtmlHighlight&dWebExtension=hcsp</ref>
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Regulatory HIPAA Security Rule and Meaningful Use require [[Risk Analysis and Security]] of the current installed healthcare system.
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== Definition 2 ==
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[https://www.healthit.gov/ HealthIT.gov] defines risk analysis in terms of healthcare as assessment of the healthcare organization and ensuring that the organization is "compliant with [[Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | HIPPA's]] administrative, physical, and technical safeguards." <ref name="HealthIT.gov"> HealthIT.gov. (2014). ''Security Risk Assessment.'' Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/security-risk-assessment </ref> This assessment can reveal where the organization's [[PHI | protected health information (PHI)]] could be at risk.
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== References==
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Latest revision as of 19:11, 24 November 2015

Definition 1

Risk Analysis is systematic and ongoing process of identifying threats, controls, and vulnerabilities—as well as their likelihood of impact—to arrive at an overall rating of risk. [1]

Regulatory HIPAA Security Rule and Meaningful Use require Risk Analysis and Security of the current installed healthcare system.

Definition 2

HealthIT.gov defines risk analysis in terms of healthcare as assessment of the healthcare organization and ensuring that the organization is "compliant with HIPPA's administrative, physical, and technical safeguards." [2] This assessment can reveal where the organization's protected health information (PHI) could be at risk.

References

  1. AHIMA. "Security Risk Analysis and Management: An Overview (Updated)." Journal of AHIMA 84, no.11 (November–December 2013): expanded web version.http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/idcplg?IdcService=GET_HIGHLIGHT_INFO&QueryText=%28risk+analysis+and+security%29%3Cand%3E%28xPublishSite%3Csubstring%3E%60BoK%60%29&SortField=xPubDate&SortOrder=Desc&dDocName=bok1_050533&HighlightType=HtmlHighlight&dWebExtension=hcsp
  2. HealthIT.gov. (2014). Security Risk Assessment. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/security-risk-assessment