Yes, we have found the one web site we hope you never have to visit – even the name is enough to give us the chills: Notice to the Secretary of HHS of Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information. Even the URL is eerily blunt: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov.

Yes, folks. If you suffer a breach you will need to report it to HHS. Interestingly, the web site is hosted by the Center for Information Technology of the National Institute of Health.

Tags: breach notification, HIPAA, HITECH Act, PHI

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