Elizabeth Crooks discusses the operational risks related to information technology (IT) within the Healthcare and Public Health sector. This critical infrastructure sector’s faces particularly challenging risks due to its size, its diversity of organizations, and its inherently open-to-the-public nature. The analysis examines common operational risks that face both the public and private sides of the healthcare IT subsector across all dimensions of operational risk - people, processes, systems, and external events.
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Mandatory Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework in Healthcare Sector
Andy Herman discusses the gap in the current healthcare cybersecurity approach – that there is no mandatory risk management framework for healthcare organizations. The author suggests introducing a mandatory implementation of a full cybersecurity framework with monitoring systems before receiving the incentives guaranteed by the meaningful use clause associated with electronic health records.
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Katharine Gallagher discusses privacy policies in the healthcare sector, particularly as related to how patient personal information is being stored, used, and shared with third parties. Consumers are increasingly concerned with how organizations are protecting personal data.
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