Unauthorized data access by employees is one of the most significant security problems in health care, according to a new report.
The findings by KLAS, which consulted 106 health-care providers to produce its report “Security and Privacy Perception 2014: High Stakes, Big Challenges,” echo that of another reported produced by Verizon.
The latter also found that 15 percent of health-care security incidents are attributable to insider misuse—that is, theft by employees. That number is higher than in 13 other industries.
The good news: Internal security is becoming part of the everyday discussion for many health-care providers, who are turning to outside experts, including health-care security service firms and health-care IT consultants, for security services.
Also key to preventing unauthorized data access by employees is ensuring that employees understand the importance of confidentiality. Sometimes, the intentions are not bad: An employee, for example, may download patients’ personal health information to take home and work on it, but then the employee’s device gets lost or stolen.
As the stakes get higher, says the report’s author, more and more health-care organizations are outsourcing to ensure they are covering all of their bases. If you are looking to ensure your information is secure, contact us today to see how our solutions can help.
Source.
