Healthcare IT manager survey results demonstrate 'commitment to security'
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, March 31, 2008
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIPAA Weekly Advisor!
A recent survey of 307 healthcare information technology (IT) managers by Cisco Systems revealed that investing in database security is a top priority, according to the March 12 Business Technology Blog in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Especially worrisome was the finding that 16% of respondents had experienced security breaches at their organizations within the last six months and 24% reported breaches within the past year, according to the blog.
The survey shows "there's a commitment to security," Frances Dare, director of Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group healthcare practice, told WSJ. Security measures and internal audits caught most of the breaches and Dare said this was a sign that systems are improving.
For more information, click here.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIPAA Weekly Advisor!
Comments
0 comments on “Healthcare IT manager survey results demonstrate 'commitment to security' ”
Related Products
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Q/A. One injection code or two?
- ED-to-inpatient transfers are flawed with safety gaps
- Searched