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Interesting article on A Process Approach To HIPAA Compliance Through A HIPAA-CMM©, by Ronald L. Krutz, Ph.D., PE, CISSP.

A HIPAA-CMM and assessment methodology have been developed by Corbett Technologies as a standard for evaluating HIPAA compliance. With appropriate guidance and use of the SSE-CMM PAs and the defined HPAs to achieve the additional granularity and coverage as required, the HIPAA-CMM provides a formal, repeatable and consistent methodology to assess an organization's HIPAA compliance. This approach will identify areas of strong compliance, marginal compliance and lack of compliance and provide a consistent basis for defining remediation means. Inherently, the HIPAA-CMM also serves as a tool for implementing continuous improvement and evaluating the effectiveness of the improvement measures.

Additional information on the HIPAA-CMM can be found at the Corbett-Technologies, Inc. web site at www.corbett-tech.com.