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Cybersecurity tips for CIOs and CISOs dealing with the widely dispersed data of healthcare
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Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 08:02:21 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cybersecurity-tips-cios-and-cisos-dealing-widely-dispersed-data-healthcare By Bill Siwicki Heathcare IT News October 30, 2019The 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 everywhereWhen 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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