Meaningful Use

Is your organization adopting Meaningful Use, either to gain incentive payouts or to avoid penalties? You’re not alone. A majority of healthcare providers plan to either implement electronic health records, or take a closer look at existing systems to apply for compliance in the immediate future.

A key part of meeting the Meaningful Use compliance requirement is conducting a risk assessment. There is considerable confusion in the market regarding how this should be conducted, but at the core it is a revival of the original HIPAA rules regarding security.

By conducting an analysis that covers several core areas, and gaining a comprehensive understanding of how and where your electronic health information is used and stored, you can begin to build a stronger risk posture and avoid fines and penalties.

Covered entities subject to the meaningful use requirements

• Eligible Hospitals
• Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)
• Eligible Professionals

Meaningful Use Risk Analysis

Dell SecureWorks’ Meaningful Use Risk Analysis is a risk assessment that is scoped specifically to satisfy the Meaningful Use core security objective. The benefits to this assessment are multi-fold, as Dell SecureWorks provides the following:

• Understanding of the organization’s risk posture and security deficiencies
• Clear documentation of risk points
• Satisfaction of compliance auditors and Meaningful Use attestation requirements (security core measure)
• Expert consultation to correct security deficiencies
• Enabling the organization to detect, respond to, and minimize future critical threats

The Meaningful Use Risk Analysis is summarized below: