https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cybersecurity-tips-cios-and-cisos-dealing-widely-dispersed-data-healthcare
By Bill Siwicki
Heathcare IT News
October 30, 2019
The healthcare industry has a unique position with relation to cybersecurity.
It is the only industry that provides services with the intent to avoid major
repeat clients and visits. It focuses on maintenance to avoid major health
issues and prefers a sustainment model to a person’s health verses dealing with
an emergency.
While the latter is fundamental to critical care, regular check-ups,
preventative care and other low-risk interventions always are preferred. In
essence, healthcare is trying to provide a routine verses dealing with crisis
events.
Data here, there and everywhere
When one considers this model for an individual’s healthcare, the data used for
sustainment and check-ups is not centrally located. It can be located in a
general practitioner’s office, specialist’s care, insurance company or hospital
– to name a few.
In addition, financial information regarding coverage and payments is
intermixed with all this information, adding a level of sensitivity to the data
being stored.
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