HIPAA In Your Pocket: NCHICA Breach Reference Tool Now Available For Mobile Devices

The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA) has teamed with Oak Grove Technologies to produce a mobile application version of the HITECH Act Breach Notification Risk Assessment Tool, originally developed by the NCHICA Privacy and Security Officials Workgroup. The NCHICA Breach Reference Application is a tool designed to help health care entities, such as hospitals, physician offices, clinics, etc., make preliminary assessments of potential privacy breaches of protected health information in accordance with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 

Using this mobile app allows staff and IT security professionals to assess whether a data breach has occurred and provides a “total risk score” for any potential data breach. The tool walks users through action steps required under the HITECH Act, and allows them to alert other staff members of a potential breach in order to determine whether an investigation needs to take place. 

This mobile risk assessment application is available for download on iTunes for $1.99.

About NCHICA
NCHICA (North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.) is a nonprofit consortium of over 230 organizations representing the many sectors of the healthcare industry. NCHICA's mission is to assist NCHICA members in accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the effective use of information technology, informatics and analytics. NCHICA’s Privacy and Security Officials Workgroup developed the content for the HITECH Act Breach Notification Risk Assessment Tool, which was originally published in 2009. For more information, visit www.nchica.org.

Oak Grove Technologies
Oak Grove Technologies is an award-winning small business that specializes in training, multimedia production, and strategic communications. Oak Grove has produced over fifty custom online courses on healthcare topics ranging from suicide risk management and clinician-patient communication to traumatic brain injury exams and electronic health records (EHRs). It has also produced several consumer health pieces—mobile applications, games, and videos—covering chronic disease management. For more information, visit www.oakgrovetech.com.

SOURCE: North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.