Healthcare Information Privacy and Security: Regulatory Compliance and Data Security in the Age of Electronic Health Records

APPENDIX C

Breach Notification Process

 Note  You have secured your organization’s data so tight that you won’t be susceptible to a breach of unsecured PHI, right? Let’s hope that’s the case. In the unlikely event that some of that PHI slips out of your control, the following information adapted from the United States Department of Health and Human Services will help you through the process of reporting the breach through the proper channels.¹

Definition

A breach is, generally, an impermissible use or disclosure under the Privacy Rule that compromises the security or privacy of protected health information (PHI) such that the use or disclosure ...