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The dangers facing healthcare privacy
Arxan recently surveyed trends and dangers threatening the privacy of healthcare data.
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According to CDW’s 2017 Patient Engagement Perspectives Study, 70% of patients are becoming more knowledgeable about personal medical information in 2017; 60% of patients are saving time, 50% of patients are increasing overall engagement with personal healthcare, 49% are seeing improvement in overall healthcare convenience, and 46% of people are saving unnecessary phone calls and appointments.
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Confident about your privacy?
“To promote electronic medical records, focus on privacy – Privacy concerns keep most patients from signing up to electronically share their medical records with health care providers, but education could make the difference, a new study suggests.”
Posted by Kevin Manne for Futurity
November 29th, 2017. Source: University of Buffalo.
http://www.futurity.org/electronic-medical-records-privacy-1615612/
“Only 27 Percent of Healthcare Security Execs Confident about Safeguarding Patient Data – Just 27 percent of healthcare security executives said they have confidence they could safeguard patients’ medical records, even though nearly 80 percent are required to comply with government regulations, according to a recent survey from cybersecurity solutions provider Radware.”
By Heather Landi for Healthcare Informatics
November 20, 2017
https://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/cybersecurity/only-27-percent-healthcare-security-execs-confident-about-safeguarding
Worth repeating?
“Not only is it virtually impossible to fix our system s current problems with paper records, but they are a main cause of and contributor to alarming rates of medical errors, breathtaking levels of waste, and perpetually rising costs.”
Newt Gingrich. See: “Paper Kills 2.0 – How Health IT Can Help Save Your Life and Your Money” By Center for Health Transformation, with forward by Newt Gingrich and Tom Daschle, February 24, 2010.
7 years later:
“The ECRI Institute today released its list of top healthcare technology hazards for 2018, outlining major areas of concern for hospital administrators in the coming year. Many items involve patient infection from unclean equipment, but digital threats staked their place as equal or even greater dangers to patient safety.”
See: “Cybersecurity Threats, Digital Failures Top Hospital Hazards List” By Ryan Black for Healthcare Analytics News, November 6, 2017.
http://www.hcanews.com/news/cybersecurity-threats-digital-failures-top-hospital-hazards-list
Darrell Pruitt DDS
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87% of Healthcare Workers Use Non-Secure Email to Send Sensitive Data
Kickstand Communications and Biscom recently conducted a poll of healthcare employees regarding secure data sharing. Here are some key findings from the report:
• 87% of healthcare workers admit to using non-secure email to send sensitive information.
• 1 in 10 workers admit they do not abide by rules around secure data transfer.
• 88% of healthcare employees understand tools and rules around security.
• 2 in 3 (64%) healthcare workers say email is the easiest tool for sharing data.
Source: HealthIT Security, May 21, 2018
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