You are the administrative assistant to the Compliance and Accreditation Special

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You are the administrative assistant to the Compliance and Accreditation Specialist at a local healthcare facility. You have been tasked with formatting a memo to be sent out to all departments as an informative reminder of the safeguards that are taken to protect the confidentiality of patient information as well as the importance of these guidelines.

Access the following link: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/laws-regulations/index.html

Then, read through the summary of the HIPAA Security Rule and format a memo in which the body of the memo includes at least 200 words, summarizing the precautions that the Security Rule requires a facility to take and explain the importance of these regulatory constraints.

An example of how a memo should be formatted is included below.

TO:                  All Departments

FROM:            Office of

DATE:            Current date

SUBJECT:      Security Rule

Explanation / Answer

Dear All,

Important reminder for all staff.

This is a reminder to all staff of their responsiblities in following the HIPAA security rules.It is important to all staff to know, understand and incorporate information HIPAA best practice.

Key reminders/ precautions for staff:

Importance of these regulatory constraint

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