Patient health records contain a plethora of private information, including social security number, address, billing information, and other sensitive information, all in one file. Now more than ever, electronic health records are being utilized to ease the flow of patient information between other healthcare providers. Because of the nature of this information, it is critical that electronic health records are secure from the threat of cyber criminals. With this information, criminals can steal the identity of your patients and leave your organization in ruin. In fact, recent health information hacks cost a large healthcare organization nearly $100 million. In the…
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Is Your Data Safe?
Don’t Let ‘Hacktivists’ Steal Your Data (Medscape Business of Medicine: 8.4.15) The frequency and magnitude of cyber security breaches only seem to be increasing every month. The essential reality isn’t whether there will be a breach of your system but, increasingly likely, when?