Feds to Start Audit HIPPA Compliance

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced details of a new audit program designed to check health care entities for compliance with federal rules on the privacy of patient information, the security of health information technology systems, and the notification of patients and regulators when the privacy of patient information is breached. That's the word from the American Optometric Assn. (AOA). Read more.