The hisat program can automatically download SRA data as needed. In some cases, users may want to download SRA data and retain a copy. To download using NCBI's 'prefetch' tool, you would need to set up your own configuration file for the NCBI SRA toolkit. Use the command vdb-config to set up a directory for downloading. This will download the SRA file (in sra format) and then convert them to fastq file for you. If your SRA file is paired. In cases were you cannot run the SRA toolkit or any other programs to download the file, you can still use the inbuilt commands of Linux such as wget and curl. The standard web link for downloading the SRA. Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the sra-toolkit from Ubuntu 16.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System. To remove the sra-toolkit following command is used: sudo apt-get remove sra-toolkit. Following command is used to remove the sra-toolkit package.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule requires that covered entities and its business associates conduct a risk assessment of their healthcare organization. A risk assessment helps your organization ensure it is compliant with HIPAA’s administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. A risk assessment also helps reveal areas where your organization’s protected health information (PHI) could be at risk. To learn more about the assessment process and how it benefits your organization, visit the Office for Civil Rights' official guidance.
What is the Security Risk Assessment Tool (SRA Tool)?
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), in collaboration with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), developed a downloadable Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool to help guide you through the process. The tool is designed to help healthcare providers conduct a security risk assessment as required by the HIPAA Security Rule and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program.
All information entered into the SRA Tool is stored locally to the users’ computer or tablet. HHS does not receive, collect, view, store or transmit any information entered in the SRA Tool. The results of the assessment are displayed in a report which can be used to determine risks in policies, processes and systems and methods to mitigate weaknesses are provided as the user is performing the assessment. The target audience of this tool is medium and small providers; thus, use of this tool may not be appropriate for larger organizations.
The updated version of the popular Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool was released in October 2018 to make it easier to use and apply more broadly to the risks of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of health information. The tool diagrams HIPAA Security Rule safeguards and provides enhanced functionality to document how your organization implements safeguards to mitigate, or plans to mitigate, identified risks. The new SRA Tool is available for Windows computers and laptops. However, the previous iPad version of the SRA Tool is still available from the Apple App Store (search under “HHS SRA Tool”). The SRA tool is not available for Mac OS.
The tool is now more user friendly, with helpful new features like:
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For details on how to use the tool, download the SRA Tool 3.2 User Guide [PDF - 4.8 MB]*.
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