This year’s HIPAA guide includes an easy-to-understand introduction that covers how to read the guide, an executive summary, and an overview of this year’s new trends and stats.
2024 was a difficult year for healthcare organizations and professionals when it came to data and patient security. There were roughly 700 healthcare breaches, a slight decrease from 2023, but not significantly better.
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One of the biggest breaches of the year was from Change Healthcare, when a ransomware affiliate targeted its network on February 12, 2024. They pulled and extracted the healthcare information of around 100 million individuals, a staggering number that made up almost half of the entire year’s breached records. The ransomware group made out with a $22 million dollar ransom, and even tried to extort Change Healthcare a second time, unsuccessfully.
So, what can we learn from the biggest breach of the last year? Cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance efforts are more important than ever. Threat actors are getting more sophisticated as new tools and artificial intelligence progress.
"The HIPAA Guide is one of the best tools. It's well-organized and easy to understand.” –Hedy Haun, Sr. Process Analyst, Sharp HealthCare
Thankfully, cybersecurity is improving and progressing to keep up with attackers every step of the way. One of the best places to start is with our brand new, tenth edition of the 2024 SecurityMetrics HIPAA Guide, an award-winning, reader-beloved guide to training your staff on HIPAA guidelines and strengthening your cybersecurity efforts. The SecurityMetrics 2025 HIPAA Guide features a lot of new content, advice, and statistics so you can approach your 2025 HIPAA compliance efforts with confidence.
The best and newest feature of the 2025 HIPAA guide is our exclusively sourced healthcare cybersecurity statistics, which can also be found in this blog. These proprietary statistics cover topics related to different HIPAA compliance trends, HIPAA Security Rule, HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, and HIPAA Privacy Rule.
“I liked the charts, the statistics, summaries, and explanations. It was helpful that you included terms, forensic takeaways, etc. Everything was laid out nicely too.”
–Jeannine LeCompte, Compliance Research Specialist, Med-Net Compliance, LLC
You’ll also benefit from the latest and most accurate auditor advice, including tips on:
The 2025 SecurityMetrics HIPAA Guide has also been updated for clarity and guidance, so you’re getting the best HIPAA advice possible.
This year’s HIPAA guide includes an easy-to-understand introduction that covers how to read the guide, an executive summary, and an overview of this year’s new trends and stats.
The 2025 HIPAA guide is sectioned up by HIPAA rules, and the first section covers the HIPAA Security Rule. This includes topics such as:
The second section of the HIPAA guide focuses on HIPAA Breach Notification Rule and covers the following:
Next, HIPAA Privacy Rule is discussed at length, including the following topics:
Finally, the 2025 guide discloses HIPAA best practices for the year and describes these best practices for:
You’ll also benefit from a handy terms and definitions section, which is great for employees who are new to HIPAA compliance and need to learn the lingo.
“For me, your Guide has become the Newbie's salvation."
–Anna Miakotenko, Ellex Investments Limited
One of the most helpful features of the 2025 SecurityMetrics HIPAA Guide is the “How to Read This Guide” section which covers each individual topic covered, and its associated skill level (pictured below).
When you’re training staff or carrying a team through HIPAA compliance, it's important that you understand the skill level associated with each topic and requirement. With this handy guide, you can assign sections of the guide to individual members of your healthcare team, and know that they are capable of handling those responsibilities.
“Thank you for providing the guideline for our business. It is less stressful knowing that I have the correct guide to improve our services to our patients and to protect our business.”
–Nancy Wiseman, M.Ed., Ed.S., Vice President, Citrus Endodontics, P.A.
You can also take the guesswork out of your HIPAA compliance plan for the year with the SecurityMetrics HIPAA IT checklists found here.
There’s a reason that SecurityMetrics’ HIPAA guide is both beloved and award-winning. It contains the information you need to work toward your HIPAA compliance, and it details this information in a clear and concise way. Whether you’re preparing for an upcoming HIPAA audit, penetration test, risk assessment, or just trying to educate and train your staff, there’s no better resource than this year’s guide. Need more HIPAA training and information? Subscribe to the SecurityMetrics Blog.
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