Healthcare IT Security Is Difficult, But Not Impossible

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http://www.cio.com/article/739977/Healthcare_IT_Security_Is_Difficult_But_Not_Impossible?taxonomyId=3089

By Brian Eastwood
CIO.com
September 19, 2013

As healthcare prepares for the Sept. 23 compliance deadline for the HIPAA

Omnibus Rule, the industry finds itself at a crossroads. On one the hand, the 
rule -- published in January 2013 and effective March 26 -- effectively brings 
HIPAA (enacted in 1996) into the 21st century and finalizes the new security 
and privacy safeguards required by the HITECH Act of 2009.

On the other hand, hardly a day goes by without a report of a (largely 
preventable) patient data breach from a hospital, contractor or other 
organization handling sensitive personal health information.

Why does healthcare struggle so much with data security? And what will it take 
for the industry to turn the corner?

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