Health Information Compliance Alert
Industry Notes:
AHIMA Updates Its Cybersecurity Guidelines
Published on Tue Oct 15, 2019 
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The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) offers providers enhanced advice on how to combat a cyber attack with a new 17-point primer titled AHIMA Guidelines: The Cybersecurity Plan. AHIMA’s new offering presents ideas on practice risk analyses, encryption, mobile device management, and more. Review the updated guidance at https://journal.ahima.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AHIMA-Cybersecurity-Guidelines_2019Revision.pdf.
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