CASE STUDY

Advanced Radiology Services

Project Overview

As one of the nation’s largest radiology groups, Advanced Radiology Services (ARS) is dedicated to the safe and efficient use of advanced imaging to help improve the health of their patients. In order to achieve this benchmark they needed to determine if reasonable and appropriate policies and procedures were implemented, conduct an accurate, thorough risk analysis and develop risk response and risk management plans, and develop the skills to sustain and repeat the risk analysis process as operational or environmental changes dictate.

Challenges

To determine if reasonable and appropriate policies and procedures are implemented to safeguard protected health information in accordance with HIPAA, HITECH and the Omnibus Final Rule
To conduct an accurate, thorough risk analysis and develop risk response and risk management plans
To develop the skills to sustain and repeat the risk analysis process as operational or environmental changes dictate

Solutions

Provided customizable Clearwater HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Policy and Procedure templates
Provided and customized training and a security awareness program for the workforce, including new hires
Responded to changing priorities, providing substantial additional value at no cost
Completed custom research to identify across-the-board document retention requirements
Trained Security Team on Clearwater’s IRM|Analysis™ software
Provided ongoing consultation and support throughout the risk response process

Outcomes

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The Clearwater Compliance website has been a critical source of information for my HIPAA compliance efforts over many years. The information format is easy to read and understand, and it gets to the point. Clearwater Compliance obviously cares about helping us keep out of trouble!

Tim Moser

Shawnee Township Fire Department

We choose Clearwater because they are a front runner in consulting and assisting with this area. And, they also have developed Risk Analysis software to help you meet the Meaningful Use criteria and qualify for incentives. They may be listed as a consulting group, but they will also train and adjust to whatever is needed based upon your in-house expertise.

Wayne Richmond

Princeton Community Hospital

Products & Services Employed

IRM|Analysis™

Clearwater’s HIPAA Risk Analysis Software

IRM|Analysis™ provides an approach and methodology to help your organization to meet HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements. It strictly follows the HHS/OCR guidance given for Security Risk Analysis and harnesses the power of the NIST risk assessment processes.

Policies and Procedures

You can save hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in staff education and documentation time with the Clearwater HIPAA Security Policies™. Just tailor the templates and implement them at your organization.

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Tim Moser

Shawnee Township Fire Department

Wayne Richmond

Princeton Community Hospital

About Clearwater

Clearwater Compliance helps healthcare organizations ensure patient safety and improve the quality of care by safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of protected health information (PHI). We have assisted more than 400 customers to operationalize and mature their information privacy, security, compliance and information risk management programs. And in the process, we are raising the bar for safeguarding PHI, protecting millions of Americans and driving real value for the organizations we support and the healthcare industry at large.