http://healthitsecurity.com/2013/07/08/larry-ponemon-on-securing-regulated-data-in-healthcare-qa/
By Patrick Ouellette
Health IT Security
July 8, 2013
Though mobile applications that share files through the cloud such as Box and
DropBox can be appealing to consumers, the Ponemon Institute has found that
these types of applications can be unsafe in a clinical environment. Ponemon
released its “The Risk of Regulated Data on Mobile Devices & in the Cloud”
study recently and there was an abundance of healthcare-related information
regarding access to healthcare regulated data on mobile devices and through
cloud sharing services.
According to the study, about 33 percent of respondents said that they need to
access protected health information (PHI) to do their work. Dr. Larry Ponemon,
chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, touched upon a few pressing
security issues when it comes to regulated data in healthcare during a recent
conversation with HealthITSecurity.com on the study.
Lack of understanding was one problem, as a mere 15 percent of participants
knew of HIPAA’s security requirements for regulated data on mobile devices
despite 33 percent of respondents indicating that they are part of a HIPAA
covered entity. About 40 percent weren’t sure if their organization’s rules on
employee access and use of regulated data on mobile devices were HIPAA
compliant, 12 percent said they were compliant, 31 percent were
partially-compliant and 17 percent reported noncompliance.
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