On July 25, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") unveiled a revised web tool that identifies recent breaches of health information and educates the industry on the occurrence, investigation, and resolution of breaches. OCR noted that the revised HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool, originally released in 2009, features enhanced functionality that highlights breaches currently under investigation, a new archive that includes the resolution of previous breaches, improved navigation, and consumer tips.
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