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Both good comments. &nbsp;I'll be doing both
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I just started as &nbsp;network admin for a small rural hospital. &nbsp;I don't think they've done anything to ensure HIPAA compliance from the IT side. &nbsp;Did I mention that I'm the ONLY IT person at the hospital??? &nbsp;I need to know where to get started learning how to get compliant, as I've never worked in a health care facility before.<br />
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I just started as  network admin for a small rural hospital.  I don't think they've done anything to ensure HIPAA compliance from the IT side.  Did I mention that I'm the ONLY IT person at the hospital???  I need to know where to get started learning how to get compliant, as I've never worked in a health care facility before.


Any suggestions?

HIPAA IT requirements

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.