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- Title
Security breaches, Alert raise question: Are your patient data safe?
- Abstract
The article provides information on security breaches on patient data in the United States. According to an international survey of outpatient surgery providers, 93 percent of mobile devices are at risk of exposures. It is implied that it is easy to steal electronic data because they are so compact. In line with this, details on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act are discussed. Measures to ensure that patient data are secure are also tackled.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL records; COMPUTERS in medicine; MEDICAL record access control; SECURITY systems; HEALTH insurance laws
- Publication
Same-Day Surgery, 2009, Vol 33, Issue 2, p9
- ISSN
0190-5066
- Publication type
Article