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Identify your facility's risk: Use comprehensive risk assessments to map the flow of PHI

The confidentiality of your patients' information could be at risk without you knowing it. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulations specify the safeguards your facility must put in place to protect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of patient-identifiable protected health information (PHI). Failure to adopt these protections exposes both patients and your hospital to risk.