Resource Details

Health IT Privacy & Security Skill Sets

The Importance of Information Security for all Health Center Staff

Year Developed: 2017

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Enabling Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: HITEQ (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: Since 2010, the healthcare industry has seen a remarkable increase in the use of technology in the administration and delivery in healthcare. This has led to a mass migration of data from paper charts and isolated systems to Electronic Medical Records EMRs and interconnected systems that transmit patient health and financial information across trusted and untrusted networks.

Resource Details: Why Information Security Teamwork is Important for Health Centers Resource. Context While the increase in the adoption of health IT across all service levels has been a boon for the healthcare industry in its ability to provide timely information to those who need it the most, this transition has introduced a great deal of risk to the confidentiality and integrity of the information. Coupled with the fact that the information can be quickly monetized by criminals through insurance fraud, extortion, and identity theft, the ecosystem is target-rich. Read More... What this means for health centers is that they are storing and transmitting high-value information in a dangerous environment which adds up to High Risk to the organization.

Resource Topic: Health Information Technology (HIT)/Data

Resource Subtopic: Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

Keywords: Privacy/Protected Health Information (e.g., Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)), Security Risk Assessment (SRA).